Yin and Yang

Question 1

Yang within yang (utmost yang)

time,

season,

organ,

pulse

Answer 1

6am-12pm,

Summer,

heart,

SEARS (superficial, excess, Abrupt, rapid, string-taut)

Question 2

yin within yang (lesser yin),

time,

season,

organ,

pulse,

Answer 2

12pm-6pm,

autumn,

lung,

Surging (heat injuring body fluids)

Question 3

yin within yin (utmost yin),

time,

season,

organ,

pulse,

Answer 3

6pm-12am,

winter,

kidney,

deep, slow, empty, thin, soggy, weak, short, minute, choppy, knotted, intermittent

Question 4

Yang within yin (lesser yang)

time,

season,

organ,

pulse,

Answer 4

12am-6am,

spring,

liver,

rolling, tense (tight)

Question 5

Five Aspect of Yin/Yang Relationships

Answer 5

1. Opposition
2. Inter-Dependence
3. Mutual Consuming
4. Inter-Transformation
5. Infinite Divisibility

Question 6

Opposition

Answer 6

All things have Yin and Yang aspect

Yang - exterior, heat, excess, restless, acute, rapid, stretch out, red face, coarse breathing, thirst

Yin - interior, deficiency, quiet, chronic, lingering, curled up, pale face, shallow breathing, no thirst

Question 7

Inter-Dependence

Answer 7

Yin and Yang cannot exist without the other

• Yin organs depend on Yang organs to produce qi and blood
• Yang organs depend on Yin organs for the nourishment derived from blood and essence

Question 8

Mutual Consuming

Answer 8

Yin and Yang are in a constant state of change for preserving the balance

Excess Yin: excess cold consumes Yang (full cold)

Excess Yang: excess heat consumes fluids (full heat)

Yang consumption: Decrease of yang leads to excess yin, feelings of cold (Empty cold)

Yin consumption: Decrease of yin leads to symptoms of excess yang, feeling of heat (empty heat)

Question 9

Inter-Transformation

Answer 9

Yin and Yang can change into each other.

• Exterior cold (yin) invades the body and turns into heat (yang)
• Excess heat (yang) can damage the body fluids and lead to deficiency of fluids (yin)

Question 10

Infinite Divisibility

Answer 10

Yin and Yang can be further divided into Yin and Yang

• Front of the trunk is yin compared to the back but can be further divided so that the abdomen is yin in relation to the chest.

Question 11

• Quantitative change
• Balance and homeostasis

Answer 11

Mutual-Consumption

Question 12

• Qualitative change
• 8 principal change

Answer 12

Inter-transformation