YIN YANG Flashcards
True or False:
The theory of Yin and Yang is the single most important theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine
True
True or False:
The goal of the TCM Doctor is to attain a balance between Yin and Yang thus eliminating illness from the body
True
True or False:
Not everything in the universe can be categorized into Yin and Yang
False
What are the four stages of Yin and Yang?
Utmost Yin
Yang with Yin
Utmost Yang
Yin with Yang
What does the Yin Yang symbol symbolize?
Water and Fire
What are the 4 interactions between Yin and Yang?
- Opposition of Yin and Yang
(Day and Night) - Interdependence of Yin and Yang
(Without one eg matter there cannot be the other eg energy) - Inter-supporting and Consuming between Yin and Yang
(Balance: excess, deficiency) - Mutual Transformation between Yin and Yang
(Changing of the seasons)
True or False:
The relationship between Yin and Yang is never 50/50
True
Give 3 examples of Opposition of Yin and Yang
- Hot and Cold
- Day and Night
- Sunny and Shady
- Birth and Death
- White and Black
What is the premise behind the Interdependence between Yin and Yang? Give one example.
Yin and Yang cannot exist without eachother
Eg. Without energy there is no matter
Without dark there is no light
What is the premise behind the Inter-supporting and Consuming between Yin and Yang?
Yin and Yang are in a dynamic balance which is maintained by continuous adjustments of the relative levels of Yin and Yang
What is the premise behind the Mutual Transformation between Yin and Yang? Give an example
Yin and Yang are in a constant dynamic state; they are able to transform into eachother
eg changing of the seasons
What are the two conditions that must be met for Yin and Yang to mutually transform?
- Internal conditions must be met
- Time must be right
Name the 4 histological Yin aspects of the body.
- Inferior (eg lower body)
- Interior
- Anterior-medial
- Front
Name 4 histological Yang aspects of the body
- Superior
- Exterior
- Posterior-lateral
- Back
Structure relates to:
Yin
Function relates to
Yang
Predominance of Yang in the body leads to?
Heat
What disease does the predominance of Yang lead to?
Disease of Yin
Predominance of Yin leads to:
Cold
What disease does the predominance of Yin lead to?
Disease of Yang
Deficiency of Yang leads to:
Cold
Deficiency of Yin leads to:
Heat
Can you have a deficiency of both Yin and Yang?
Yes
Is it possible to have a loss of Yin or Yang?
Yes
What happens when Yin and Yang are separated?
Death
What syndrome do you have if you have a relative predominance of Yin and Yang?
Excessive syndrome
What syndrome do you have if you have a relative decline of Yin and Yang?
Deficiency syndrome
Should you aim to treat the root cause of the disease before treating the symptoms?
No, treat symptoms first
Should you increase a deficiency first, then reduce the excess; or, reduce the excess first, then increase the deficiency?
Reduce the excess first then increase the deficiency
Decline of Yang = what syndrome?
Deficient-cold syndrome
Decline of Yin = what syndrome?
Deficient - Heat syndrome
What syndrome is a decrease of Yang with increase of Yin?
Shi - Cold Syndrome
(Yin pathogenic factor)
What syndrome is an increase in Yang with a decrease in Yin?
Shi - Heat syndrome
(Yang pathogenic factor)
True or False:
Chronic disease is usually excess and Acute usually a deficiency
False; acute is usually an excess while chronic disease is usually a deficiency
Yin or Yang
Round
Yang
Yin or Yang
Time
Yang
Yin or Yang
East
Yang
Yin or Yang
South
Yang
Yin or Yang
Left
Yang
Yin or Yang
Rest
Yin
Yin or Yang
Earth
Yin
Yin or Yang
Flat
Yin
Yin or Yang
Space
Yin
Yin or Yang
West
Yin
Yin or Yang
North
Yin
Yin or Yang
Right
Yin
Yin or Yang
Heaven
Yang
Yin or Yang
Immaterial
Yang
Yin or Yang
Material
Yin
Yin or Yang
Produces energy
Yang
Yin or Yang
Produces form
Yin
Yin or Yang
Generates
Yang
Yin or Yang
Grows
Yin
Yin or Yang
Expansion
Yang
Yin or Yang
Contraction
Yin
Yin or Yang
Water
Yin
Name the 6 Zang-Fu organs in pairs
- Heart - Small intestine
- Liver - Gallbladder
- Spleen - Stomach
- Lung - Large intestine
- Kidney- Urinary Bladder
- Pericardium - Sanjiao
Yin or Yang
Acute disease
Yang
Yin or Yang
Chronic disease
Yin
Yin or Yang
Restlessness, insomnia
Yang
Yin or Yang
Sleepiness, listlessness
Yin
Yin or Yang
Red face
Yang
Yin or Yang
Pale face
Yin
Yin or Yang
Likes cold drinks
Yang
Yin or Yang
Likes hot drinks
Yin
Yin or Yang
Loud voice, talks alot
Yang
Yin or Yang
Weak voice, dislikes talking
Yin
Yin or Yang
Coarse breathing
Yang
Yin or Yang
Shallow breathing, weak
Yin
Yin or Yang
Thirst
Yang
Yin or Yang
Not thirsty
Yin
Yin or Yang
Scanty dark urination
Yang
Yin or Yang
Profuse pale urination
Yin
Yin or Yang
Constipation
Yang
Yin or Yang
Loose stools
Yin
Yin or Yang
Red tongue with yellow coating
Yang
Yin or Yang
Pale tongue
Yin
Yin or Yang
Full pulse
Yang
Yin or Yang
Empty pulse
Yin
What part of the body structure carry all the Yang energy channels?
Back
What is the function of the Yang energy channels of the back?
Protecting the body from exterior pathogenic factors.
The nature of Yang is to be on the exterior and to:
Protect
It is in the nature of Yin to be on the interior and:
Nourish
True or False:
The Yang energy channels on the back can be used to strengthen Yang and therefore our resistance to exterior pathogenic factors
True
True or False:
The Yang energy channels on the back can be used to eliminate pathogenic factors after these have already invaded the body
True
True or False:
The front abdomen and chest is where all the Yin energy channels flow
True
Are the front Yin energy channels used to decrease yin or tonify Yin?
Tonify
Where do all the Yang energy channels either begin or end?
In the head
In pathological situations, does Yang energy tend to rise or fall?
Rise
(Heat or fire tend to rise)
Pathologically, if Yang energy tends to rise to the head how will that manifest in the patients face?
Red face and eyes
What part of the body is mosty affected by Yang pathogenic factors?
The head
Name two yang pathogenic factors
Wind
Summer heat
True or False:
Because the head is the convergence place of all Yang channels, points in this area can be used to reduce the Yang energy
False; these points in the head are used to RAISE Yang energy
Name two pathogenic Yin factors
Cold
Dampness
True or False:
The chest and abdomen are easily affected by Yang pathogenic factors
False; they are easily affected by Yin pathogenic factors (eg cold and dampness)
The exterior of the body includes skin and muscles and pertains to Yin or yang?
Yang
True or False:
Yin organs can contain Yang aspects and Visa versa
True; following the principle that nothing is totally Yin or Yang
Give an example of a syndrome in the human body when there is a Yang deficiency
- Depression
- Heavy-weighted person
Give an example in the human body of a deficiency of Yin
- Insomnia
- Thin person
True or False
Yin is damaged by hot and dry climate
True
Give an example of a symptom in the human body where there is preponderance of Yin and Yang (Shi-Cold syndrome with pathogenic Yin factor)
Mucous
(Decrease of yang with excess Yin)
Give an example in the body where there is a preponderance and weakness of Yin and Yang (Shi-Heat Syndrome with pathogenic Yang factor)
- Steroid user
- Viral infections
- Fever sweating loss of fluids
Name the two organs associated with Fire
Heart and Small Intestine
Name the two organs associated with Metal
Lung and Large Intestine
Name the two organs associated with Earth
Spleen and Stomach (SS for Stef)
Name the two organs associated with Wood
Liver and Gallbladder
Name the two organs associated with Water
Kidney and UB
What tissue is associated with heart
Vessels
What tissue is associated with kidney
Bones
What tissue is associated with Lung
Tendons
What tissue is associated with spleen
Muscles/flesh
What tissue is associated with lung
Body hair/skin
Good way to remember Metal/Lung
Meet large dry lung
Summer
South
Noon
Utmost Yang
Autumn
West
Sunset
Yin with Yang
Winter
South
Midnight
Utmost Yin
Spring
East
Sunrise
Yang with Yin
Fire element: Yin or Yang?
Yang
Water element: Yin or Yang?
Yin
Wood element: Yin or Yang?
More yang, with yin (growth of Yang)
Metal element: Yin or Yang?
More Yin, with Yang (growth of Yin)
Opposition of Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang are opposition stages of either a cycle or a state of being.
1. Night and Day
2. Hot and cold
3. Interior and exterior
True or False
Yang channels are susceptible to yang pathogens
True
What is a yang pathogen
Heat
Wind
Dryness
What is a Yin pathogen
Cold
Damp
What one Yang organ would also be deficient in a Yin deficiency?
Stomach (stomach problems with anxiety)
What organs could be deficient in a Yin deficiency?
- Heart
- Kidney
- Lung
- Liver
(Yin organs)
No such thing as spleen deficiency - Stomach
(Yang organ* explained in a different card)
Yin or yang in relation to position on body
Skin
Yang (exterior)
What two organs are most associated with Yin?
Kidney and Liver
What are the two organs most associated with Yin?
Kidney and Liver
What are the two organs most associated with yang?
Kidney and Spleen
