The range of Yang Deficiency and cold sensations

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Yang Deficiency and feelings of cold are a range. The more severe the Yang

Deficiency, the more problems with cold.

 

Very mild Yang Deficiency may be characterized by a person who hates the

winter and prefers summer. Any slowness (speech, movement, thinking, etc.)

may be so slight that neither the person nor observers notice it.

 

Mild Yang Deficiency may be a person who in addition to prefering summer

over winter (in most cases) may be a little colder than others and dress a

little more warmly than others. This is a person who may wear a long sleeve

shirt when others are comfortable in short sleeves or no sleeves. The

slowness that accompanies Interior Cold may or may not be noticable to the

person or observers. This is a person who frequently will be ok when others

are complaining of heat. There may be some reluctance to get out of a warm

bed on a cold winter morning. The heat in the person's house may be

slightly higher than the usual, and the person may adjust the thermostat

frequently.

 

More serious Yang Deficiency is a person who very much prefers warmer

weather over winter not only because of problems warming up but a very

noticable slowness and difficulty in performing tasks that easily are

performed in warmer weather. This person is very much aware of decreased

abilities when it is colder. Everything is a struggle in cold weather. This

is a person who may wear several layers of clothes in winter and even in the

fall and spring. Getting out of a warm bed on a cold morning is a struggle

and may be put off as long as possible. But this person can warm up via

usual means - more layers of clothes, electric blankets, extra quilts, hot

liquids, etc.

 

Severe Yang Deficiency is characterized by difficulty warming up. This

person may require soaks in hot baths, several layers of quilts over an

electric blanket, etc. The slowness is very noticeable - especially to

observers. The slowness is obvious even in warmer months. The Yang

Deficient person may be too out of it to care. The heat in the house may be

set as high as 75 degrees F or higher than 80 degrees.

 

I'll cover Yang collapse in a separate post.

 

Victoria

 

 

 

 

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