Our so-called ‘Western’ Medicine is not so open … Western understanding of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and so on were incorporated with ease. What’s more, Chinese medicine quickly embraced Western science and Western medicine and its medications as another useful tool in the armoury for Chinese physicians. Pseudoscience or not, it’s been in continuous use and evolution for millennia, which is rather more than can be said of Western Science – hardly 250 years old. Western Science describes traditional Chinese medicine theory as a pseudoscience, which is probably true if only because nobody has had the time or energy to prove otherwise. Underlying them may well be another more comprehensive theory or pattern, which nobody has yet noticed, even after some 3000 years. The different theories fit together and complement one another.
#YIN AND YANG THEORY ACUPUNCTURE FULL#
Like the blind men describing the elephant from what they felt, (the trunk, the legs, the tail, the ears, the belly – all feeling quite different) none of these is a full description. So please, don’t forget to consider your personal lifestyle’s balance of Yin and Yang.Although the above listed pages include a lot, actually we’ve hardly started! There are many other less well-known acupuncture theories and treatment methods that are very effective.
When we call on the Yang functions of our bodies and minds so heaviliy eventually the Yin suffers (sleep, quiet minds, relaxed states).When we live in balance with these natural forces our lives are replete and our health is well. In our current culture we often value Yang (action, work, striving) over Yin. ‘Doing nothing’ might be many activities that are easy and involve both some level of rest and activities like meditation or Tai-Chi.
And to find about eight hours with which we can be ‘doing nothing’. For wellness, I would suggest sleeping a solid eight hours. If the day is 24 hour then each of these segments should last about eight hours. If we are spending a great deal more time in one or the other then our personal Yin and Yang may become out of balance and illness may arise. Utmost Yin is when we sleep, Utmost Yang is when we work, and Yin-Yang is when we do the in between sleep and wide awake things. Let’s divide our day into three parts: Yin, Yang, and Yin-Yang (Earth, Heaven and Man). While this principle of duality is as simple as it is complex, a convenient way to examine our lives in relation to it is using the “Rule of Thirds”. That is why, eventually, we all die! But don’t despair, while we are here, Ying Yang Theory teaches us that the more we live in balance with these forces the better and possibly the longer our lives will be. Neither can exist without the other.Īs a human-being, we are more often consuming our Yin and Yang energy than building it. Yang corresponds with things like male, light, action, energy, movement, and loud. Yin of course, are things like female, dark, rest, nourishment, and quiet. Yin and Yang can be transmuted into one another. They are in a dynamic relationship with one another. Yin, in this duality, is the polar opposite of yang, yet it is inseparable from it. Theory teaches us that we can find all things divisible into Yin and Yang. They are the duality we constantly find ourselves in. Yin and Yang are concepts and they are functions. First we should define what Yin and Yang represent. How can we live most appropriately to optimize our bodies and daily living? A simple way of answering that is to incorporate Yin and Yang Theory into our daily structure.
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