Summertime relates to the Fire Element in Chinese medicine. Fire pertains to the heart and the small intestine, the color red, the bitter flavor and the sparkle in your eyes. In his book "Five Elements, Six Conditions" Gilles Marin refers to Fire as "...bright and hot, obvious and consistent, substantial and loud, explosive and burning. It is the phase of blossom and attainment, with its brightness and radiance overpowering." Sounds a lot like the sun to me. And if the old