TCM  YIN YANG THEORY

TCM THERAPIES

TCM THEORIES YIN YANG AND THE EIGHT DIVISIONS FIVE PHASES (ELEMENTS) ORGANS VITAL SUBSTANCES CHANNELS/MERIDIANS

TCM DAOIST PHILOSOPHY  A PART CANNOT BE DIVIDED FROM THE WHOLE  HUMANS ARE A MICROCOSM OF THE UNIVERSE  THE LAWS OF NATURE APPLY TO HUMANS  A PART CANNOT BE DIVIDED FROM THE WHOLE  HUMANS ARE A MICROCOSM OF THE UNIVERSE  THE LAWS OF NATURE APPLY TO HUMANS

ORIGINS OF YIN/YANG THEORY  Shady side Yin Dark Cool Quiet  Sunny side Yang Bright Hot Active  Shady side Yin Dark Cool Quiet  Sunny side Yang Bright Hot Active

YIN AND YANG RELATIONSHIPS YIN  Cold  Female  Weak  Hypoactive  Depression  Biomedicine YIN  Cold  Female  Weak  Hypoactive  Depression  Biomedicine YANG Hot Male Strong Hyperactive Manic TCM

YIN YANG PHENOMENA PHENOMENONYANGYIN SpaceHeavenEarth TimeDayNight SeasonsSpring/SummerAutum/Winter GenderMaleFemale TemperatureHotCold WeightLightHeavy BrightnessRadiantDull MotionUpward, outward Evident motion Downward, Inward Relative Stasis

YIN YANG ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY YANGYIN Parts of the bodyExterior Back Upper body Interior Abdomen Lower body Tissues and organsSurface skin Body hair Zang Organs Bones Sinews Fu Organs Activity, FunctionQi and Defense Agitation Strength Blood and Substance Quietude Weakness

THE 5 PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG 1.EVERYTHING HAS A YIN AND A YANG ASPECT Opposite yet complimentary Aspects of the same phenomena One contains the seed of the other EXAMPLE: Body & Mind

THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG 2.CAN BE FURTHER SUBDIVIDED INDEFINETELY YIN YANG Yin Yang YinYang yin yang yin yang

ALL THINGS HAVE TWO ASPECTS BODY Front Back bottom top YIN Yin Yang Yin yang yin yang FEVER weakness heat HOT ILLNESS Yin yang

THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG (Continued) 3.CREATE EACH OTHER DEFINE EACH OTHER: Day Night Hot Cold Activity Rest Example: Aggressive partner ~ Passive partner

THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG 4.CONTROL EACH OTHER Excess of one must result in weakness of the other excess cold=deficient heat excess agitation=deficient calm aggressive behavior=passive behavior Example: Abusive ~ Abused

THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG 5.TRANSFORM INTO EACH OTHER Will always happen Harmonious transformation ‘homeodynamics’ Disharmonious transformation rebalance transforms into the other cease to exist

USING THE PARADIGM OF YIN AND YANG  ANALYTICAL vs SYNTHETIC  TRANSCENDING vs IMMINENT  CAUSE: CREATOR vs INNER DYNAMICS  CHANGE CAUSED BY OUTWARD FORCE vs  CHANGE CAUSED BY RESONANCE  ANALYTICAL vs SYNTHETIC  TRANSCENDING vs IMMINENT  CAUSE: CREATOR vs INNER DYNAMICS  CHANGE CAUSED BY OUTWARD FORCE vs  CHANGE CAUSED BY RESONANCE COMPARISON OF TCM AND BIOMEDICINE

RESONANCE gan ying CHANGE IS THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE Change happens when one thing elicits what is already a disposition in another The energy of the sun, rain and soil resonate with a seed to create a flower because the seed already contained the ‘germ’ of the plant. SUN,SOIL,WATER~SEED=FLOWER

RESONANCE SEED R FLOWER CHILD R ADULT ANGER R BENEVOLENCE ILLNESS R HEALTH

IMPORTANT FACTS  TCM LOOKS AT THE WHOLE PERSON  Interaction between the mind and the body  Interaction between organs, fundamental texture BELIEVES THAT HEALTH DEPENDS ON MAINTAINING BALANCE OF YIN AND YANG FORCES BELIEVES THAT QI IS CENTRAL TO LIFE The quantity, quality and flow  TCM LOOKS AT THE WHOLE PERSON  Interaction between the mind and the body  Interaction between organs, fundamental texture BELIEVES THAT HEALTH DEPENDS ON MAINTAINING BALANCE OF YIN AND YANG FORCES BELIEVES THAT QI IS CENTRAL TO LIFE The quantity, quality and flow