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EI 1-2 Yin Yang

Yin Yang Philosophy

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Yin Yang The interaction of complementary opposites creates infinite possibilities. The paradigm of complementary, independent opposites was first recorded in the I Ching (Book of Changes) around 2000 BC
Yin Dark - Feminine principle
Yang Light - Masculine principle
Curved Line of the Yin Yang Dynamic flux of complementary opposites.
Dot of the Yin Yang Light dot within dark represents potential for yang to become yin. Dark dot within light represents potential for yin to become yang.
Chinese Idiogram for Yin shady slope of the hill - represents quiescence - cool, moist, dark, still, silent, night, rest, sleep, winter, inward, earthward, material, solid, heavy, soft, yielding, concave, receding, descending, contracting, ponderous, lumbering
Chinese Idiogram for Yang sunny slope of the hill - represents activity - light, warm, dry, active, noisy, day, activity, waking, summer, outward, heavenward, immaterial, hollow, light, hard, resistant, convex, swelling, ascending, expanding, buoyant, sprightly
Chinese Idiogram for Yin interior, anterior, inferior, pale, cold, weak, lethargic, chronic,
Chinese Idiogram for Yang exterior, posterior, superior, red, hot, strong, agitated, acute
Yin Symptoms pale, cold, weak, lethargic, chronic
Yang Symptoms red, hot, strong, agitated, acute
Western Vs Eastern thought in terms of relationship of individual parts to the whole. Western philosophy is individualizes and compartmentalized where Eastern thought tends to be relational and holistic or universal/global in perspective.
Five Principles of Yin Yang Everything contains both Yin and Yang qualities. Every Yin or Yang quality can be further reduced to Yin and Yang qualities. Yin and Yang engender each other. (co-creative) Yin and Yang limit each other. (co-regulative) Yin and Yang transform each other.
What relationship of Yin and Yang represents good health? Balance
What relationship of Yin and Yang represent illness? Imbalance
What is likely to happen when Yin or Yang has reached its maximum fullness or is too dominant? Yin turns to Yang and Yang turns to Yin
Is a change from Yin to Yang necessarily a sign of disorder? No, it could be a natural change, as in a rotational cycle of reversals.
Taoism Branch of Chinese philosophy from which the Yin Yang Paradigm is derived.
Tao "way" The belief that the "all" was split into two parts, and those two parts became opposed and dynamically in motion, thus creating the Qi that sustains the whole. Supports the balanced functioning of all the senses and teaches lifestyle of moderation.
Health An expression of balance (homeostasis) of all the forces acting on and within the body.
Disease Disruption of balance. Caused by long term disharmony.
Constant change Dynamically in Motion
Earliest references of Yin and Yang Probably from peasant observation of the cyclic nature of day/night and seasonal relationships. First referenced in the 'I Ching'
I Ching Chinese Book of Changes
Death When imbalance becomes too severe and yin and yang separate.
5 Principles of Yin & Yang Interdependence, Infinite divisibility, Consuming/Supporting Relationships, Opposition, Inter-transformation
Qi Regulated by the interdependent forces of yin and yang
Yin & Yang Underlie all aspects of Chinese philosophy and medicine. Fundamental principles at the core of all existence. Represent duality obvious in everyday reality.
Chinese Medicine Health is represented as a balance of yin and yang. Effective because it is a complete system which has a complete view of the human being and the universe.
constitution nature of disease determined by teh aspects of yin and yang
Eastern medicine Universe is dynamic - Humans related to and connected with all that exists - Mind, body, and spirit seen as indivisible & interdependent - Doctors paid when you stay well
Western medicine Split between mind & body - Each body/system/organ/part viewed as separate - Symptomatic - Based on what can be measured, predicted, controlled - Excels at emergency breakdown and repair - Doctors paid when you get sick, injured, or break down.
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