F   Febrifuge Reduces Fever. Feldenkrais, Moshe Founder of the Feldenkrais® Method. He believed that "our ability to learn…involves the developing of new responses to familiar stimuli as the result of experience." Feng Shui Literally, wind-water; the ancient art of geomancy, involving the design and placement of buildings, farmland, and burial sites according to the movements of Qi in the environment, including things such as the shapes of the terrain, cycles of weather, directional flows of winds and streams, patterns of sun and shade. Fever elevation of body temperature above normal. Fibromyalgia A complex chronic condition having multiple symptoms, including muscle pain, weakness, and stiffness; fatigue; metabolic disorders; allergies; and headaches. Fibrous tissue common connective tissue of the body. Five Phases (Wu Xing) Literally, the five movements or processions. The Five Phases correspond to the five points of reference of the compass—north, south, east, west, center—and to Water, Fire, Wood, Metal, and Earth respectively. Because China has been a land-based agrarian society, the earth has been central to its image of the world and nature. The sun rises in the east, reaches its zenith in the south, sets in the west, and barely shines in the north. Each Phase acquires its meaning from nature and in turn organizes and describes all processes in nature. The Five Phases define five stages of transformation: birth, growth, maturity, decay, and death. Along with Yin-Yang theory, Five-Phase constructs function as the logical schema of correspondence thinking in Chinese traditional medicine that explains the interaction between the organism and its environment. There are two ways of depicting these Five-Phase relationships: with Earth in the center and the other Phases as points of the compass; or in a continuum of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water in patterns of generation and restraint. The former describes the macrocosm, and the latter describes functional relationships in the microcosm of the human person. The Five Phases correspond to the five seasons, climates, directions, sounds, colors, emotions, Organ Networks, and character types. Flatulence gas or air in stomach or intestines; wind coming up or going down. Fu Zheng Literally means "to strengthen what is correct." The term is applied particularly to herbal and nutritional therapies whose primary goal is to improve constitutional integrity and build resistance to disease, promoting health and longevity. G   Galenicai Traditional System Of Western Medicine Based On The Four Humors (Q.V.) Theory Of Ancient Greece. Gastric pertaining to the stomach. Gastroenteritis inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and the small intestines due to dietary error of presence of microbes. Genital pertaining to the organs of reproduction. German measles acute, infectious, eruptive fever, with pink rash and enlarged cervical glands; usually without complications, unless contracted during early months of pregnancy when it may produce fetal deformities. Glands organ or structure capable of secretion, such as salivary or mammary; the lymph glands do not secrete but are concerned with filtration of lymph. Glycoside Active Plant Constituent Containing One Or More Sugar Groups. Guggul (commiphora mukuh) An herb long used by ayurvedic practitioners for treatment of obesity. It has been recently shown to lower cholesterol. An extract of it is called gugulipid and is available in health food stores.