Yin and Yang Flashcards
1
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What time of day is Yin?
A
Night
2
Q
What time of day is Yang
A
Day
3
Q
What season is Yin?
A
Winter
4
Q
What season is Yang?
A
Summer
5
Q
What color is Yin?
A
Dark
6
Q
What color is Yang?
A
Bright
7
Q
What activity level is Yin?
A
Quiet
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Q
What activity level is Yang?
A
Active
9
Q
What temperature is Yin?
A
Cold
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Q
What temperature is Yang?
A
Hot
11
Q
What life cycle is Yin?
A
Old
12
Q
What life cycle is Yang?
A
Young
13
Q
What weight is Yin?
A
Heavy
14
Q
What weight is Yang?
A
Light
15
Q
What gender is Yin?
A
Female
16
Q
What gender is Yang?
A
Male
17
Q
What strength is Yin?
A
Weak
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What strength is Yang?
A
Strong
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Q
What body type is Yin?
A
Small
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What body type is Yang?
A
Large
21
Q
Blood: Yin or Yang?
A
Yin
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Qi: Yin or Yang?
A
Yang
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Q
Which organs are Yin?
A
Zang (solid) organs
LU, KID, LIV, SP, HT, PC
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Which organs are Yang?
A
Fu (hollow) organs
LI, BL, GB, ST, SI, TH
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What personality is Yin?
Introvert
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What personality is Yang?
Extrovert
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Left femoral/carotid pulse: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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Right femoral/carotid pulse: Yin or Yang
Yang
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ID the pattern:
Acute, hot, fever, hyperactive, red or purple tongue, pulses strong and fast
Excess Yang
True heat
Excess heat
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ID the pattern:
Acute, cold, swelling or edema, water feces, pale or purple tongue, strong slow pulse
Excess Yin
| True cold
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What is the treatment strategy for Excess Yang/Heat?
Clear the heat
Sedate
GV-14, LI-4, LI-11, Er-jian, Wei-jian
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What is the treatment strategy for Excess Yin/Cold?
Clear cold
Tonify
Moxibustion at GV-3, GV-4
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ID the pattern:
Chronic, Cold back and extremities, edema, watery feces, chronic back pain, rear limb weakness, infertility, pale tongue, weak deep pulse on the right
Yang deficiency
| False cold
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What is the treatment strategy for Yang deficiency?
Warm and tonify Yang
Moxibustion at Bai-hui and GV-4
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ID the pattern:
Chronic, lower fever, thirsty, prefer cool, restless, anxious, red and dry tongue, weak fast pulse on the left side
Yin deficiency
| False heat
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What is the treatment strategy for Yin deficiency?
Nourish Yin and clear heat
KID-3, KID-6, SP-6
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Exterior: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Interior: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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Hot: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Cold: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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Excess: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Deficiency: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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Dorsal back: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Ventral abdomen: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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Front limb: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Hind limb: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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Treatments which increases energy (tonification) or warmth: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Treatments which decrease energy (sedation) or or cool: Yin or Yang?
Yin
49
Red, yellow white: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Black, purple, blue: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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Anterior, head: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Posterior, tail: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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Expansion, outward: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Contraction, inward: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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Ascent, upward: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Descent, downward: Yin or Yang?
Yin
57
Round: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Flat: Yin or Yang?
Yin
59
South: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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North: Yin or Yang?
Yin
61
Function: Yin or Yang?
Yang
62
Structure: Yin or Yang?
Yin
63
Heaven (sky): Yin or Yang?
Yang
64
Earth: Yin or Yang?
Yin
65
Forward: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Backward: Yin or Yang?
Yin
67
Sympathetic: Yin or Yang?
Yang
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Parasympathetic: Yin or Yang?
Yin
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How many levels must the body maintain balance on?
| What are they?
Three
1. The body must maintain balance with external elements or environmental forces
2. The body is influenced by the emotional or social balance between individuals in contact with each other
3. The body must maintain balance among its own internal processes
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What are the steps in determining diagnosis?
1. Characterize excess or deficient
| 2. Assign Yin and Yang based on the heat or cold signs
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What three acupoints are often used to dispel heat?
Yang excess
| GV-14, LI-4, LI-11
Wei-jian and Tai-yang also
72
What two acupoints are often used dispel cold?
Yin Excess
GV-3, GV-4
