Chinese Medicine Lessons 1-6 Must Know Flashcards
Four main aspects of yin and Yang
Opposition
Interdependence
Interconsuming
Intertransformation
Opposition examples
Hot/ cold
Active/ rest
Dry/ moisten
Up/ down
Loud/ quiet
Insubstantial/ dense
Exterior/ interior
Independent examples
Yin on the inside and basis of Yang
Yang on the outside reflects Yin
Interconsuming- fullness
More intense
Usually more pathology
Yang full- fever, yin used up yang rising
Yin full- pathogenic factor, Yang used up yin full
Interconsuming- deficiency (Xu)
Yin deficient, Yin exhausted so appears too much Yang
Yang deficient, Yang exhausted so appears too much yin
Intertransforming examples
Day- Night
Spring- Sunmer
Water- Steam
Acute- chronic
Fever- Cold
Excess- deficiency