Five Elements Seal

is a technique which produces a powerful seal that is used to block or disturb the flow of chakra in a target.

Usage
Once the seal is completed, the target will become unconscious and unable to fight for a short time. Orochimaru performed this technique to tamper with Naruto Uzumaki's seal. The original seal allowed a small amount of the Nine-Tails' chakra to always mix into Naruto's, but the additional seal disturbs this, preventing Naruto from using the Nine-Tails' chakra or even controlling his own chakra properly. This is because an odd-numbered seal creates an imbalance when placed on top of an even-numbered seal. When Orochimaru later notices that the seal has been removed, he remarks that there are very few ninja capable of doing so, like Jiraiya.

Trivia

 * The "Five Elements" referred to in the name of this technique are the Chinese Five Elements, the :
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instead of the five chakra elements used in most other techniques, the :
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This suggests the elements are merely symbolic.