Michelle Brown’s Reviews > The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine: A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary > Status Update

I love the book so far. Although not to question the author, but I have a question for the author. On page 244, it says fire is the controlling element for metal, and then it says in the next paragraph that fire is also the controlling element of water. Isn't earth the controlling element of water? If water controls fire, how can fire control water?