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Yin and Yang Flashcards

1
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What time of day is Yin?

A

Night

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What time of day is Yang

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Day

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What season is Yin?

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Winter

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What season is Yang?

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Summer

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What color is Yin?

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Dark

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What color is Yang?

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Bright

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What activity level is Yin?

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Quiet

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What activity level is Yang?

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Active

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What temperature is Yin?

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Cold

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What temperature is Yang?

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Hot

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What life cycle is Yin?

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Old

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What life cycle is Yang?

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Young

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What weight is Yin?

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Heavy

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What weight is Yang?

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Light

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What gender is Yin?

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Female

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What gender is Yang?

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Male

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What strength is Yin?

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Weak

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What strength is Yang?

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Strong

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What body type is Yin?

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Small

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What body type is Yang?

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Large

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21
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Blood: Yin or Yang?

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Yin

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Qi: Yin or Yang?

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Yang

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Which organs are Yin?

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Zang (solid) organs

LU, KID, LIV, SP, HT, PC

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Which organs are Yang?

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Fu (hollow) organs

LI, BL, GB, ST, SI, TH

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What personality is Yin?

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Introvert

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What personality is Yang?

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Extrovert

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27
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Left femoral/carotid pulse: Yin or Yang?

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Yin

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Right femoral/carotid pulse: Yin or Yang

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Yang

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ID the pattern:

Acute, hot, fever, hyperactive, red or purple tongue, pulses strong and fast

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Excess Yang
True heat
Excess heat

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ID the pattern:

Acute, cold, swelling or edema, water feces, pale or purple tongue, strong slow pulse

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Excess Yin

True cold

31
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What is the treatment strategy for Excess Yang/Heat?

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Clear the heat
Sedate

GV-14, LI-4, LI-11, Er-jian, Wei-jian

32
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What is the treatment strategy for Excess Yin/Cold?

A

Clear cold
Tonify
Moxibustion at GV-3, GV-4

33
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ID the pattern:

Chronic, Cold back and extremities, edema, watery feces, chronic back pain, rear limb weakness, infertility, pale tongue, weak deep pulse on the right

A

Yang deficiency

False cold

34
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What is the treatment strategy for Yang deficiency?

A

Warm and tonify Yang

Moxibustion at Bai-hui and GV-4

35
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ID the pattern:

Chronic, lower fever, thirsty, prefer cool, restless, anxious, red and dry tongue, weak fast pulse on the left side

A

Yin deficiency

False heat

36
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What is the treatment strategy for Yin deficiency?

A

Nourish Yin and clear heat

KID-3, KID-6, SP-6

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Exterior: Yin or Yang?

38
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Interior: Yin or Yang?

39
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Hot: Yin or Yang?

40
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Cold: Yin or Yang?

41
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Excess: Yin or Yang?

42
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Deficiency: Yin or Yang?

43
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Dorsal back: Yin or Yang?

44
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Ventral abdomen: Yin or Yang?

45
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Front limb: Yin or Yang?

46
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Hind limb: Yin or Yang?

47
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Treatments which increases energy (tonification) or warmth: Yin or Yang?

48
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Treatments which decrease energy (sedation) or or cool: Yin or Yang?

49
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Red, yellow white: Yin or Yang?

50
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Black, purple, blue: Yin or Yang?

51
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Anterior, head: Yin or Yang?

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Posterior, tail: Yin or Yang?

53
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Expansion, outward: Yin or Yang?

54
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Contraction, inward: Yin or Yang?

55
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Ascent, upward: Yin or Yang?

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Descent, downward: Yin or Yang?

57
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Round: Yin or Yang?

58
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Flat: Yin or Yang?

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South: Yin or Yang?

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North: Yin or Yang?

61
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Function: Yin or Yang?

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Structure: Yin or Yang?

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Heaven (sky): Yin or Yang?

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Earth: Yin or Yang?

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Forward: Yin or Yang?

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Backward: Yin or Yang?

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Sympathetic: Yin or Yang?

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Parasympathetic: Yin or Yang?

69
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How many levels must the body maintain balance on?

What are they?

A

Three

  1. The body must maintain balance with external elements or environmental forces
  2. The body is influenced by the emotional or social balance between individuals in contact with each other
  3. The body must maintain balance among its own internal processes
70
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What are the steps in determining diagnosis?

A
  1. Characterize excess or deficient

2. Assign Yin and Yang based on the heat or cold signs

71
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What three acupoints are often used to dispel heat?

A

Yang excess

GV-14, LI-4, LI-11
Wei-jian and Tai-yang also

72
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What two acupoints are often used dispel cold?

A

Yin Excess

GV-3, GV-4

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