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Introduction to Yin Yang theoryTRANSCRIPT
Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Active Health Foundation
By James O’Sullivan C.Ac. (China)
Yin Yang
• Yin and Yang is one of the most fundamental concepts in Traditional Chinese Medicine
• It is a very important element of Chinese Medicine, because in order to treat disease, we always attempt to balance Yin & Yang.
• The earliest reference to Yin and Yang is in the I Ching (Book of Changes) in approximately in 700 BC
Yin Yang
• The concept of yin and yang describes two opposing and, at the same time, complementary aspects of any one phenomenon
Yin Yang
• Yin
– "shady place, north slope, south
bank (river); cloudy, overcast";
qualities are characterized as
passive, dark, feminine, negative,
downward-seeking, consuming and corresponds to the night.
Yin Yang
• Yang
– "sunny place, south slope, north
bank (river), sunshine"; qualities
are characterized as active, light,
masculine, positive, upward-
seeking, producing and corresponds to the daytime.
Yin Yang
• The five main aspects of Yin Yang Relationship
– Yin-Yang as opposites
– Interdependent
–Mutual consumption of Yin and Yang
– Inter-transformation of Yin and Yang
– Infinite Divisability
Yin Yang
Yin
• Water
• Cold
• Quite
• Dense
• Wet
• Soft
• Inhibition
• Slowness
• Inside
Yang
• Fire
• Hot
• Restless
• Light
• Dry
• Hard
• Excitement
• Rapidity
• Outside
Yin Yang
• Sun
• Heat
• Light (Day)
• Excitation
• Movement
• Moon
• Cold
• Dark (Night)
• Relaxation
• Stability
Yin Organs Yang Organs
• Small Intestine
• San Jiao
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Urinary Bladder
• Gall Bladder
• Heart
• Pericardium
• Spleen
• Lungs
• Kidney
• Liver
Mutual Consumption
• Is where one consumes the other in disharmony
• When Yin & Yang are balanced you have optimum health
• When Homeostasis is balanced you have optimum health
• Equilibrium Balance
Optimum
Health
Yang Yin
Optimum
Health
Clinical Manifestation:
• Cold limbs, weakness, contracture, pain improved with heat
– Tongue: pale
– Pulse: slow
Full Cold
Empty Cold – Full Cold – Empty Heat – Full Heat
Yang Yin
Optimum
Health
Clinical Manifestations:
• Restlessness, headache, irritability, pain worse with pressure,
– Tongue: red
– Pulse: full
Full Heat
Empty Cold – Full Cold – Empty Heat – Full Heat
Yang Yin
Optimum
Health
Clinical Manifestation:
• Signs of excess cold but arising from a deficiency of Yang, fatigue, weakness, pain which improves with heat and pressure,
– Tongue: pale
– Pulse: slow and weakEmpty Cold (Yang Deficiency)
Empty Cold – Full Cold – Empty Heat – Full Heat
Yang Yin
Optimum
Health
Clinical Manifestations:
• Signs of heat but arising from a deficiency of Yin, night sweats, heat in the 5 palms, insomnia,
– Tongue: red,
– Pulse: thin and rapid
Empty Heat (Yin Deficiency)
Empty Cold – Full Cold – Empty Heat – Full Heat
Yang Yin
Inter Dependence
• You cannot have one without the other
• No hot without cold
• No outside without inside
• No day without night
• One can change into the other, but it is not a random event, happening only when the time is right.
• Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Inter Transformation
8 Principals
Deficiency
Interior
Cold
Yin
Excess
Exterior
Hot
Yang
Basically this is the method used to diagnose disharmony.
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Case History
• Peter, 23 years old, Welder
• Clinical Manifestations: headache that’s worse in a hot environment, fatigue, smelly stools, dark yellow urine,
– Tongue: red, dry
– Pulse: rapid, full
• Diagnosis: ?
• Principal of Treatment: ?
• Prescription of Points: ?
Case History
• Petra, 24 years old, office
• Clinical Manifestations: headache that’s worse at night, fatigue, smelly stools, yellow urine, red cheeks, tossing and turning at night, feeling hot at night.
– Tongue: red, no coat
– Pulse: rapid, empty
• Diagnosis: ?
• Principal of Treatment: ?
• Prescription of Points: ?