Chinese Five Element Theory states that each individual is composed in unique and varying proportions of the elements Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal.

The following test was created by Lillian Garnier-Bridges to assist you in determining your elemental makeup. The rules for taking the test are simple:

• Click on each word you think applies to you either some of the time or all of the time.
• Do not overthink each decision, but be careful not to dismiss a word that may seem repugnant to you because of our social conditioning.
• When you have finished the test, click on "Show My Personality Type" to give you the percentages in each column.

You will most likely have one element dominant. The goal is to become as balanced as possible. Unlike Western thought, which prefers to "accentuate the positive and minimize the negative," Chinese medicine holds that when we are dominant in one or two elements, we need to build up deficient elements for balance, harmony, and health.