Yin Yang Flashcards
Light: yin or yang?
yang
Sun: yin or yang?
yang
Male: yin or yang?
yang
Brightness: yin or yang?
yang
Activity: yin or yang?
yang
Qi: yin or yang?
yang
Heaven; associated with the circle
yang
Round; possibility of movement
yang
Time: yin or yang
yang
East; rising sun
yang
South; emperor faces south
yang
Left; east when facing south
yang
Immaterial: yin or yang?
yang
Produces energy/ Qi
yang
“side of the hill with the sun’s rays on it”
character for yang
Heat, light, movement
yang
physical form
yin
stillness, darkness, cold
yin
Moon: yin or yang?
yin
Female
yin
shade: yin or yang?
yin
Rest: yin or yang?
yin
Earth; associated with the square; reality
yin
Flat: yin or yang?
yin
Space (vs. time)
yin
West
yin
North
yin
Right (west when facing south)
yin
Material: yin or yang
yin
Produces form
yin
What does the taiji Tu signify?
- there are always traces of one within the other 2. reminder that absolutes and extremes can quickly transform into thei opposite – we al contain the seeds of our own destruction/ the tallest tree falls in the windstorm
yin-yang ______ in ________
co-exist, opposition
How are yin and yang used in CCM?
They are tools for organization that explain a relationship
generates
yang
dry
yang
hot
yang
energy
yang
expansion
yang
rising
yang
above
yang
below
yin
Fire
yang
Grows (vs. generates)
yin
wet
yin
cold
yin
matter (vs. energy)
yin
contraction
yin
descending
yin
water
yin
extrovert
yang
likes stimulating, energizing environments
yang
prefers socializing
yang
higher blood pressure
yang
introvert
yin
prefers calm, quiet environments
yin
prefers rest and balance
yin
lower blood pressure
yin
The back body (faces the sun for most animals)
yang
the front body (chest/ abdomen)
yin
skin/ muscles (exterior body)
yang
organs (interior body)
yin
above the waist
yang
below the waist
yin
posterior-lateral surface of limbs
yang channels
Interior (sic: anterior??)-medial surface of limbs
yin channels
Hollow Fu-organs
yang
Solid Zang-organs (liver, lung, spleen)
yin
function of organs
yang
structure of organs
yin
Blood, body fluids
yin
Qi (vs. body fluids)
yang
Defensive Qi
yang
Nutritive Qi
yin
acute disease
yang
rapid onset of disease
yang
rapid pathological changes
yang
restlessness, insomina
yang
throws off bedclothes
yang
likes to lie stretched
yang
hot limbs and body
yang
red face
yang
loud voice, talks a lot
yang
coarse breathing
yang
thirsty
yang
scanty, dark colored urine
yang
constipation
yang
red tongue with yellow coating
yang
full pulse
yang
chronic/ lingering disease
yin
gradual onset of disease
yin
sleepiness, listlessness
yin
likes to be covered
yin
likes to curl up
yin
cold limbs and body
yin
pale face
yin
weak voice, dislikes talking
yin
shallow weak breathing
yin
no thirst
yin
profuse, light colored urine
yin
loose stools
yin
pale tongue
yin
empty pulse
yin
Describe the symptom picture of excess yin/ full cold
cold limbs weakness contracture pain improved with heat pale tongue slow and/ or deep pulse
Describe the symptom picture of excess yang/ full heat
restlessness headache irritability pain worse with pressure red tongue full and/ or rapid pulse
Describe the symptom picture of yin deficiency/ empty heat
(signs of heat that arise from a deficiency of heat, not a presence of excess yang) night sweats heat in the 5 palms insomina red tongue thin and rapid pulse
Describe the symptom picture of yang deficiency/ excess yin
(signs of cold that arise from a deficiency of yang, not an excess of yin) lethargy fatigue weakness pain which improves with heat and pressure pale tongue slow and weak pulse
Which category of patterns have a strong temporal correlation?
deficiency patterns (eg, yang deficiency most obvious during the day, as with trouble waking in the morning)
symptoms for both yin and yang depletion
nervous exhaustion old age
- yin-yang are _____, ____________
Independent, mutually rooted
yin-yang can be further ______ into ______
subdivided, yin-yang
yin-yang _____ and ______ each other
consume, support
yin-yang can ______ into ________
transform, one-another
yin contains yang and ___________
yang contains yin
