Yin Yang Flashcards
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Light: yin or yang?
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yang
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Sun: yin or yang?
A
yang
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Male: yin or yang?
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yang
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Brightness: yin or yang?
A
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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Immaterial: yin or yang?
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yang
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Produces energy/ Qi
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yang
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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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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
A
yin
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shade: yin or yang?
A
yin
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Rest: yin or yang?
A
yin
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Earth; associated with the square; reality
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yin
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Flat: yin or yang?
A
yin
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Space (vs. time)
yin
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West
yin
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North
yin
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Right (west when facing south)
yin
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Material: yin or yang
yin
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Produces form
yin
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What does the taiji Tu signify?
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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yin-yang ______ in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
co-exist, opposition
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How are yin and yang used in CCM?
They are tools for organization that explain a relationship
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generates
yang
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dry
yang
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hot
yang
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energy
yang
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expansion
yang
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rising
yang
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above
yang
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below
yin
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Fire
yang
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Grows (vs. generates)
yin
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wet
yin
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cold
yin
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matter (vs. energy)
yin
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contraction
yin
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descending
yin
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water
yin
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extrovert
yang
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likes stimulating, energizing environments
yang
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prefers socializing
yang
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higher blood pressure
yang
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introvert
yin
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prefers calm, quiet environments
yin
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prefers rest and balance
yin
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lower blood pressure
yin
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The back body (faces the sun for most animals)
yang
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the front body (chest/ abdomen)
yin
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skin/ muscles (exterior body)
yang
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organs (interior body)
yin
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above the waist
yang
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below the waist
yin
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posterior-lateral surface of limbs
yang channels
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Interior (sic: anterior??)-medial surface of limbs
yin channels
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Hollow Fu-organs
yang
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Solid Zang-organs (liver, lung, spleen)
yin
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function of organs
yang
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structure of organs
yin
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Blood, body fluids
yin
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Qi (vs. body fluids)
yang
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Defensive Qi
yang
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Nutritive Qi
yin
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acute disease
yang
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rapid onset of disease
yang
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rapid pathological changes
yang
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restlessness, insomina
yang
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throws off bedclothes
yang
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likes to lie stretched
yang
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hot limbs and body
yang
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red face
yang
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loud voice, talks a lot
yang
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coarse breathing
yang
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thirsty
yang
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scanty, dark colored urine
yang
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constipation
yang
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red tongue with yellow coating
yang
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full pulse
yang
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chronic/ lingering disease
yin
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gradual onset of disease
yin
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sleepiness, listlessness
yin
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likes to be covered
yin
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likes to curl up
yin
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cold limbs and body
yin
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pale face
yin
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weak voice, dislikes talking
yin
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shallow weak breathing
yin
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no thirst
yin
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profuse, light colored urine
yin
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loose stools
yin
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pale tongue
yin
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empty pulse
yin
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Describe the symptom picture of excess yin/ full cold
cold limbs weakness contracture pain improved with heat pale tongue slow and/ or deep pulse
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Describe the symptom picture of excess yang/ full heat
restlessness headache irritability pain worse with pressure red tongue full and/ or rapid pulse
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Describe the symptom picture of yin deficiency/ empty heat
(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
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Describe the symptom picture of yang deficiency/ excess yin
(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
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Which category of patterns have a strong temporal correlation?
deficiency patterns (eg, yang deficiency most obvious during the day, as with trouble waking in the morning)
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symptoms for both yin and yang depletion
nervous exhaustion old age
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2. yin-yang are \_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Independent, mutually rooted
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yin-yang can be further ______ into \_\_\_\_\_\_
subdivided, yin-yang
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yin-yang _____ and ______ each other
consume, support
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yin-yang can ______ into \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
transform, one-another
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yin contains yang and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
yang contains yin
