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Sean Stives Health Professionals Interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine

  Eastern approach to medicine and biology  Based on Chi: (life force/energy)  Focus on balance  Two Major Dimensions:  The Five Elements  Yin and Yang What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?

 Yin & Yang  Yin  Yang Dark Cold Ventral Adduction Dark Cold Ventral Adduction Light Warm Dorsal Abduction Light Warm Dorsal Abduction

  Can’t have too much of either  Moderation = healthy/orderly  Extreme of one = problems  One always impacts the other  Reason for circles in symbol Yin & Yang

 The Five Elements Fire Earth Metal Water Wood

  Meridians: pathways for chi flow  Meridians follow acupoints or “pressure points”  Each element has corresponding meridians  Meridians polarized as yin or yang  Run bilaterally  Exceptions: Conception and Governing Meridians

  14 Meridians:  2 non-elemental: Conception & Governing  4 Fire Meridians  2 for each other element  Each meridian corresponds with an organ  2 exceptions: Conception & Governing Meridians

 Conception Meridian  Yin polarity  Regulates the 6 Yin Meridians  No elemental affiliation  Complement Meridian: Governing Meridian

 Governing Meridian  Yang polarity  Regulates the 6 Yang Meridians  No elemental affiliation  Complement Meridian: Conception Meridian

 Heart Meridian  Yin polarity  Affects heart, chest, and blood vessels  Element: Fire  Complement Meridian: Small Intestine

 Small Intestine Meridian  Yang polarity  Affects mental states & regulates digestion  Element: Fire  Complement Meridian: Heart Meridian

 Pericardium Meridian  Yin polarity  Affects chest, heart, & stomach  Element: Fire  Complement Meridian: Triple Warmer Meridian

 Triple Warmer Meridian  Yang polarity  Affects eyes, ears, & throat  Element: Fire  Complement Meridian: Pericardium Meridian

 Spleen Meridian  Yin polarity  Affects lower digestion tract & genitals  Element: Earth  Complement Meridian: Stomach Meridian

 Stomach Meridian  Yang Polarity  Affects intestinal tract, nose, & mentality  Element: Earth  Complement Meridian: Spleen Meridian

 Lung Meridian  Yin polarity  Affect nervous & respiratory systems  Element: Metal  Complement Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian

 Large Intestine Meridian  Yang Polarity  Affects facial structures & intestines  Element: Metal  Complement Meridian: Lung Meridian

 Kidney Meridian  Yin polarity  Affects waist, bones, & fluid management  Element: Water  Complement Meridian: Bladder Meridian

 Bladder Meridian  Yang polarity  Affects lumbar region & head  Element: Water  Complement Meridian: Kidney

 Liver Meridian  Yin Polarity  Affects joints, muscles, abdomen, & head  Element: Wood  Complement Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

 Gallbladder Meridian  Yang polarity  Affects facial structures & mental state  Element: Wood  Complement Meridian:  Liver Meridian

  Basic interactions between meridians  Used to direct chi flow  Different cycles used for different purposes  Ex:  Creation Cycle  Destruction Cycle Cycles

  Make up fundamental TCM practice  Stimulation of meridians in order delivers desired effect  Can stabilize and destabilize chi Cycles

  Encourages growth & regular function  Restores normal chi flow  Used in revival/healing Cycle of Creation Fire Earth Metal Water Wood

  Fire leaves ashes, creating earth.  Earth yields metal through ores.  Metal melts and becomes liquid (water).  Water nourishes wood.  Wood fuels fire. Cycle of Creation

  Disrupts growth & regular function  Obstructs normal chi flow  Used in martial arts Cycle of Destruction Fire Earth Metal Water Wood

  Fire melts metal.  Metal chops wood.  Wood penetrates the earth through roots.  Earth dams water.  Water extinguishes fire. Cycle of Destruction

  Online: YinYangHouse.comYinYangHouse.com  In Print: Essential Anatomy for Healing and Martial Arts by Mark TedeschiEssential Anatomy for Healing and Martial Arts More Information