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Foundations I
Yin Yang, Time Day/Season
Question | Answer |
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What is Yin and Yang | Foundational theory of all Chinese medicine |
12 pm | Upmost Yang |
6am to 12pm | Yang within Yang |
12pm to 6pm | Yin within Yang |
6pm to 12 am | Yin within Yin |
12 am | Upmost Yin |
12 am to 6am | Yang Within Yin |
6am to 12pm Organ and Season? | Ht and Summer |
6pm to 12 am Organ and Season? | Kd and Winter |
12 am to 6am Organ and Season | Liver and Spring |
12pm to 6pm, Organ and Season? | Autumn and Lung |
6 am thought as... | Death of night, Birth of day |
6pm thought as... | Death of day, birth of night |
Opposition | All things have a Yin and Yang aspect |
Interdependence | Yin and Yang cannot exist s. other Yin remains inside to act as a guard for Yang, and Yang stays outside to act as a servant for Yin |
Yin organs depend on Yang organs to produce Qi & Blood while the Yang organs depend on... | Yin organs for nourishment deriving from Blood and Essence |
Mutual Consumption | Yin and Yang are in a constant state of change for preserving the balance |
Hot is...Yin/Yang? | Yang |
Sweat is...Yin/Yang | Yin |
Very cold...Yin/Yang | Yin |
Trembling is... | Yang |
Intertransformation | Yin and Yang can change into one another |
Excessive work-Yang s. rest induces... | Extreme Xu-Yin of body energies |
Excessive jogging-Yang induces a... | Slow pulse-Yin |
Excessive consumption of aiko creates a pleasant euphoria-Yang which is quickly followed by a... | Hang-over-Yin |
Exterior cold can invade the body and after time... | can easily change into Heat-Yang |
Excess Heat Yang can damage the body fluids and lead to... | Deficiency of fluids-Yin |
Deficiency of Sp-Yang which is Yin can lead to... | Shi of Dampness which is Yang |
Infinite Divisibility | Yin and Yang aspect can be further divided into Yin and Yang |