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Yin Yang Flashcards

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Light: yin or yang?

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yang

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Sun: yin or yang?

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yang

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Male: yin or yang?

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yang

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Brightness: yin or yang?

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yang

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Activity: yin or yang?

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yang

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Qi: yin or yang?

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yang

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Heaven; associated with the circle

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yang

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Round; possibility of movement

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yang

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Time: yin or yang

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yang

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East; rising sun

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yang

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South; emperor faces south

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yang

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Left; east when facing south

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yang

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13
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Immaterial: yin or yang?

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yang

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14
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Produces energy/ Qi

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yang

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15
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“side of the hill with the sun’s rays on it”

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character for yang

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Heat, light, movement

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yang

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17
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physical form

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yin

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stillness, darkness, cold

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yin

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Moon: yin or yang?

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yin

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Female

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yin

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21
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shade: yin or yang?

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yin

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Rest: yin or yang?

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yin

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Earth; associated with the square; reality

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yin

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Flat: yin or yang?

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yin

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Space (vs. time)

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yin

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West

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yin

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North

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yin

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Right (west when facing south)

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yin

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Material: yin or yang

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yin

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30
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Produces form

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yin

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31
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What does the taiji Tu signify?

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  1. 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
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32
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yin-yang ______ in ________

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co-exist, opposition

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33
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How are yin and yang used in CCM?

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They are tools for organization that explain a relationship

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34
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generates

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yang

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35
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dry

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yang

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36
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hot

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yang

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37
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energy

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yang

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38
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expansion

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yang

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39
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rising

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yang

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40
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above

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yang

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below

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yin

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42
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Fire

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yang

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43
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Grows (vs. generates)

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yin

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44
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wet

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yin

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cold

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yin

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46
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matter (vs. energy)

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yin

47
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contraction

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yin

48
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descending

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yin

49
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water

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yin

50
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extrovert

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yang

51
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likes stimulating, energizing environments

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yang

52
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prefers socializing

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yang

53
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higher blood pressure

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yang

54
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introvert

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yin

55
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prefers calm, quiet environments

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yin

56
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prefers rest and balance

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yin

57
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lower blood pressure

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yin

58
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The back body (faces the sun for most animals)

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yang

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the front body (chest/ abdomen)

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yin

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skin/ muscles (exterior body)

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yang

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organs (interior body)

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yin

62
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above the waist

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yang

63
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below the waist

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yin

64
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posterior-lateral surface of limbs

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yang channels

65
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Interior (sic: anterior??)-medial surface of limbs

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yin channels

66
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Hollow Fu-organs

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yang

67
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Solid Zang-organs (liver, lung, spleen)

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yin

68
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function of organs

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yang

69
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structure of organs

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yin

70
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Blood, body fluids

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yin

71
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Qi (vs. body fluids)

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yang

72
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Defensive Qi

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yang

73
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Nutritive Qi

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yin

74
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acute disease

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yang

75
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rapid onset of disease

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yang

76
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rapid pathological changes

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yang

77
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restlessness, insomina

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yang

78
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throws off bedclothes

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yang

79
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likes to lie stretched

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yang

80
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hot limbs and body

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yang

81
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red face

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yang

82
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loud voice, talks a lot

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yang

83
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coarse breathing

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yang

84
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thirsty

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yang

85
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scanty, dark colored urine

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yang

86
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constipation

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yang

87
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red tongue with yellow coating

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yang

88
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full pulse

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yang

89
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chronic/ lingering disease

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yin

90
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gradual onset of disease

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yin

91
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sleepiness, listlessness

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yin

92
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likes to be covered

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yin

93
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likes to curl up

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yin

94
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cold limbs and body

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yin

95
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pale face

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yin

96
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weak voice, dislikes talking

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yin

97
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shallow weak breathing

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yin

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no thirst

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yin

99
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profuse, light colored urine

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yin

100
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loose stools

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yin

101
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pale tongue

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yin

102
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empty pulse

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yin

103
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Describe the symptom picture of excess yin/ full cold

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cold limbs weakness contracture pain improved with heat pale tongue slow and/ or deep pulse

104
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Describe the symptom picture of excess yang/ full heat

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restlessness headache irritability pain worse with pressure red tongue full and/ or rapid pulse

105
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Describe the symptom picture of yin deficiency/ empty heat

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(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

106
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Describe the symptom picture of yang deficiency/ excess yin

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(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

107
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Which category of patterns have a strong temporal correlation?

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deficiency patterns (eg, yang deficiency most obvious during the day, as with trouble waking in the morning)

108
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symptoms for both yin and yang depletion

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nervous exhaustion old age

109
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  1. yin-yang are _____, ____________
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Independent, mutually rooted

110
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yin-yang can be further ______ into ______

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subdivided, yin-yang

111
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yin-yang _____ and ______ each other

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consume, support

112
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yin-yang can ______ into ________

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transform, one-another

113
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yin contains yang and ___________

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yang contains yin

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