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Yin-Yang
Thousands of years ago the Chinese
developed a philosophical principle of health and disease. A state of health
existed when one's body is in balance internally with the external environment.
A state of disease occures when this balance is disrupted.
Disruption/disharmony/imbalance
all result in disease. The Chinese described this relationship as Yin-Yang,
two polar opposites which cannot exist without the other and depend on
each other. The symbol for Yin-Yang is. The Yin-Yang relationship is a
dynamic one that is continuously changing and transforming.
Consider the following examples
of relative
opposites for Yin and Yang:
| Yin |
Yang |
| damp |
dry |
| water |
fire |
| solid |
gas |
| night |
day |
| female |
male |
| cold |
heat |
| darkness |
light |
| passive |
active |
| deficiency |
excess |
| rest |
movement |
| heavy |
light |
| right |
left |
| ventral |
dorsal |
| front |
back |
| interior |
exterior |
| matter |
energy |
| bottom |
top |
| lower part |
upper part |
| descend |
ascend |
| found in a deeper level within the
body |
circulates closer to the surface |
| downward |
upward |
| inward |
outward |
| underactivity |
overactivity |
| meditation |
stress |
| depression |
anxiety |
| sleepiness |
anxiety |
| decrease |
increase |
| hypo |
hyper |
| gradual onset |
rapid onset |
| chronic disease |
acute disease |
| slow |
fast |
| moon |
sun |
| earth |
sky |
| winter |
summer |
| endorphins |
epinephrine |
| bradycardia |
tachycardia |
| bradycardia |
tachycardia |
| likes to be covered |
throws off the bedcover |
| likes to curl up |
likes to lie stretched |
| weak voice |
loud voice |
| introvert |
extrovert |
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