Yin and Yang

Question 1

List some Yang properties

Answer 1

Fire
Heat
Light
Exterior
Bright
Dry
Rapid
Immaterial
Excitement
Above
Expansion
Rising

Question 2

List some Yin properties

Answer 2

Water
Cold
Heavy
Interior
Dark
Wet
Slow
Material
Inhibition
Below
Contraction
Descending

Question 3

Divisions of the body - Yang

Answer 3

Fu
Trunk and limbs
Back
Above waist
Head
Posterior-lateral surface
Function of organs
Qi
Defensive (wei) Qi

Question 4

Divisions of the body - Yin

Answer 4

Zang
Zangfu
Front
Below waist
Body
Interior-medial surface
Structure of organs
Blood/Body Fluids
Nutritive (ying) Qi

Question 5

Signs and Symptoms in disease- Yang

Answer 5

Acute
Rapid onset
Rapid changes
Restlessness, insomnia Likes to lie stretched out
Red, flushed face
Likes cool
Thirst
Scanty dark urination

Question 6

Signs and Symptoms in disease- Yin

Answer 6

Chronic
Gradual onset
Lingering
Sleepiness, listlessness Likes to curl up
Pale face
Likes heat
No thirst
Profuse pale urination

Question 7

Yang Deficiency symptoms

Answer 7

Chills
Bright white complexion
Lethargy
Weakness
Somnolence
Sweating on exertion
Cold limbs and body
No thirst
Deep, Weak pulse
Pale, Wet, Swollen tongue

Question 8

Yin Deficiency symptoms

Answer 8

Feeling of heat in afternoon/eve Malar flush
Restlessness
Weakness
Insomnia
5-palm heat
Hot limbs and body
Thirst
Floating-Empty and Rapid pulse Red, Peeled Cracked tongue

Question 9

How to treat Xu or Shu Yang conditions?

Answer 9

Tonify Yang
Eliminate excess Yang

Question 10

How to treat Xu or Shu Yin conditions?

Answer 10

Tonify Yin
Eliminate excess Yin