阴阳学说 Yin Yang Theory Flashcards
Yin-Yang Cycle (seasons)
Summer: Yang within Yang
Autumn: Yin within Yang
Winter: Yin within Yin
Spring: Yang within Yin
Five Aspects of Yin Yang Relationship
- Opposition: 对立制约
- Interdependence: 互根互用
- Mutual Consuming: 消长平衡
- Inter- transformation: 相互转化
- Infinite divisibility: 无限分之
Opposition: 对立制约
Nature: fire/water, light/dark, sun/moon, immaterial/material, energy/matter;
Medicine: Exterior/Interior, Heat/Cold, Excess/Deficiency, Restless/Quiet, Rapid changes/Lingering, Acute/Chronic…
Interdependence 互根互用
Medicine: yin organs depend on yang organs to produce Qi and Blood。 The yang organs depend on the yin organs for their nourishment deriving from Blood and Essence.
Mutual-Consuming 消长平衡
(quantity) Medicine: Excess of yin damages yang, excess of yang damages yin. Consumption of yang leads to excess of yin. consumption of yin leads to excess of yang.
Inter-transformation 相互转化
（quality) Nature: Day turns into night;
Medicine: cold transforms into heat; excess heat can lead to yin deficiency; deficiency of spleen yang can lead to excess of dampness.
Infinite Divisibility 无限分之
阴中之阳， 阳中之阴；Medicine: front of body is yin, but chest is yang compared to abdomen etc.
In Yi Jing the Yin aspect is represented as
A broken line
In Yi Jing the Yang aspect is represented as
A solid line
Yin within Yang
Solid line over a broken line
Yang within Yin
Broken line over a solid line
Utmost Yin
Two stacked broken lines
Utmost Yang
Two stacked solid lines
