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TCM. YIN YANG THEORY. TCM THERAPIES. TCM THEORIES. YIN YANG AND THE EIGHT DIVISIONS FIVE PHASES (ELEMENTS) ORGANS VITAL SUBSTANCES CHANNELS/MERIDIANS. TCM DAOIST PHILOSOPHY. A PART CANNOT BE DIVIDED FROM THE WHOLE HUMANS ARE A MICROCOSM OF THE UNIVERSE

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  1. TCM • YIN YANG THEORY

  2. TCM THERAPIES

  3. TCM THEORIES YIN YANG AND THE EIGHT DIVISIONS FIVE PHASES (ELEMENTS) ORGANS VITAL SUBSTANCES CHANNELS/MERIDIANS

  4. TCMDAOIST PHILOSOPHY • A PART CANNOT BE DIVIDED FROM THE WHOLE • HUMANS ARE A MICROCOSM OF THE UNIVERSE • THE LAWS OF NATURE APPLY TO HUMANS

  5. ORIGINS OF YIN/YANG THEORY • Shady side Yin Dark Cool Quiet • Sunny side Yang Bright Hot Active

  6. YIN Cold Female Weak Hypoactive Depression Biomedicine YANG Hot Male Strong Hyperactive Manic TCM YIN AND YANGRELATIONSHIPS

  7. YIN YANG PHENOMENA

  8. YIN YANGANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY

  9. THE 5 PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG EVERYTHING HAS A YIN AND A YANG ASPECT Opposite yet complimentary Aspects of the same phenomena One contains the seed of the other EXAMPLE: Body & Mind

  10. THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG CAN BE FURTHER SUBDIVIDED INDEFINETELY YIN YANG Yin Yang Yin Yang yin yang yin yang yin yang yin yang

  11. ALL THINGS HAVE TWO ASPECTS BODY Front Back YIN Yin Yang Yin yang yin yang bottom top bottom top FEVER weakness heat HOT ILLNESS Yin yang

  12. THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG (Continued) CREATE EACH OTHER DEFINE EACH OTHER: Day Night Hot Cold Activity Rest Example: Aggressive partner ~ Passive partner

  13. THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG CONTROL EACH OTHER Excess of one must result in weakness of the other excess cold=deficient heat excess agitation=deficient calm aggressive behavior=passive behavior Example: Abusive ~ Abused

  14. THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF YIN AND YANG TRANSFORM INTO EACH OTHER Will always happen Harmonious transformation ‘homeodynamics’ Disharmonious transformation rebalance transforms into the other cease to exist

  15. USING THE PARADIGM OF YIN AND YANG COMPARISON OF TCM AND BIOMEDICINE • ANALYTICAL vs SYNTHETIC • TRANSCENDING vs IMMINENT • CAUSE: CREATOR vs INNER DYNAMICS • CHANGE CAUSED BY OUTWARD FORCE vs • CHANGE CAUSED BY RESONANCE

  16. RESONANCEgan ying CHANGE IS THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE Change happens when one thing elicits what is already a disposition in another The energy of the sun, rain and soil resonate with a seed to create a flower because the seed already contained the ‘germ’ of the plant. SUN,SOIL,WATER~SEED=FLOWER

  17. RESONANCE SEED. . . . . . . . . R. . . . . . . . .FLOWER CHILD. . . . . . . . .R. . . . . . . . .ADULT ANGER. . . . . . . .R. . . . . . . . .BENEVOLENCE ILLNESS. . . . . . .R. . . . . . . . .HEALTH

  18. IMPORTANT FACTS • TCM LOOKS AT THE WHOLE PERSON • Interaction between the mind and the body • Interaction between organs, fundamental texture BELIEVES THAT HEALTH DEPENDS ON MAINTAINING BALANCE OF YIN AND YANG FORCES BELIEVES THAT QI IS CENTRAL TO LIFE The quantity, quality and flow

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