Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 > Where I live, Chicago, people tend to drive themselves to yin deficient. > Yin deficient should not be confused with yang excess. > The yang only appears to be in excess because yin is so much > deficient. > What the doctor might be witnessing and interpreting as excess yin is > a population with a false heat. > > Penel I have posted on this subject before but i feel that we need to repeat it as much as possible because many do not understand it. Yin/fire is one of the most important syndromes of modern people - we suffer from yin defeciency (we have exhausted our resources) but have many heat symptoms so many interpret this to mean that we have yang excess - this is most often the opposite of the case. What is referred to as excess yang is either excess acid conditions or it is very defecient yin or it can be both. This is often seen - high acid (false heat)with yin defeciency. This syndrome will be incountered in most of the modern difficult to resolve cases. Removal of the false heat is difficult and quite a challenge (because it means one must change basic dietary patterns which are causing most of this acid-this is not easy for most people)- but the building of the yin is the most difficult part of this equation. Most of these 'yin/fire' cases actually have defeciency of both yin and yang. Theraputicly the most important point is that such cases will be made worse by giving Qi or Yang building substances (which is often done). There is no question of bulding Qi and Yang in a body that does not have suffecient Yin to support it. Such attempts are stressful and make symptoms worse. This happens as an example when a person with hypertension takes Qi r Yang substances to build energy - instead we often will see the patients developing dangerous hypertension (especially high systolic pressure). A hypometabolic person must build basic yin functions before asking the body to perform at a higher more energetic level. If one is taking Qi or Yang building substances and not doing well this is the reason - and one will have to start with the basics. Inthe human body yin is the substance of our bodies - including hormonal functions - without these functions performing their duties we can not live an active dynamic life. I find many western people want to have power - but one must have the foundation to express this power before it will be possible to achieve it. As we age the cultavation of the Yin and the Shen are infinatetly more important than power. Those who are weak and or mentally unstable with severe energy problems must emphasize the Yin and the Shen. Relaxation and a calm peacefulnature is a much better criteria for health than power and sexual stamina. If one wants success as ahuman beng they must care for and cultivate the Yin and Shen this will allow one to work on Qi which will give us the focus to properly express Yang. When working on recovery we must not get the cart before the horse. The horse is Yin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Vinod: What is the best way to treat this then? Can you recommend food, herbs, acupoints? Thanks, Jack --- Vinod Kumar <vinod3x3 wrote: > > Where I live, Chicago, people tend to drive > themselves to yin > deficient. > > Yin deficient should not be confused with yang > excess. > > The yang only appears to be in excess because yin > is so much > > deficient. > > What the doctor might be witnessing and > interpreting as excess yin is > > a population with a false heat. > > > > Penel > > I have posted on this subject before but i feel that > we need to repeat > it as much as possible because many do not > understand it. > > Yin/fire is one of the most important syndromes of > modern people - we > suffer from yin defeciency (we have exhausted our > resources) but have > many heat symptoms so many interpret this to mean > that we have yang > excess - this is most often the opposite of the > case. What is referred > to as excess yang is either excess acid conditions > or it is very > defecient yin or it can be both. This is often seen > - high acid (false > heat)with yin defeciency. This syndrome will be > incountered in most of > the modern difficult to resolve cases. Removal of > the false heat is > difficult and quite a challenge (because it means > one must change > basic dietary patterns which are causing most of > this acid-this is not > easy for most people)- but the building of the yin > is the most > difficult part of this equation. Most of these > 'yin/fire' cases > actually have defeciency of both yin and yang. > > Theraputicly the most important point is that such > cases will be made > worse by giving Qi or Yang building substances > (which is often done). > There is no question of bulding Qi and Yang in a > body that does not > have suffecient Yin to support it. Such attempts are > stressful and > make symptoms worse. This happens as an example when > a person with > hypertension takes Qi r Yang substances to build > energy - instead we > often will see the patients developing dangerous > hypertension > (especially high systolic pressure). A hypometabolic > person must build > basic yin functions before asking the body to > perform at a higher more > energetic level. > > If one is taking Qi or Yang building substances and > not doing well > this is the reason - and one will have to start with > the basics. Inthe > human body yin is the substance of our bodies - > including hormonal > functions - without these functions performing their > duties we can not > live an active dynamic life. > > I find many western people want to have power - but > one must have the > foundation to express this power before it will be > possible to achieve > it. As we age the cultavation of the Yin and the > Shen are infinatetly > more important than power. Those who are weak and or > mentally unstable > with severe energy problems must emphasize the Yin > and the Shen. > Relaxation and a calm peacefulnature is a much > better criteria for > health than power and sexual stamina. If one wants > success as ahuman > beng they must care for and cultivate the Yin and > Shen this will allow > one to work on Qi which will give us the focus to > properly express > Yang. > > When working on recovery we must not get the cart > before the horse. > The horse is Yin. > > > > > Discover Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover./mobile.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 > Yin/fire is one of the most important syndromes of modern people - we > suffer from yin defeciency (we have exhausted our resources) but have > many heat symptoms so many interpret this to mean that we have yang > excess - this is most often the opposite of the case. What is referred > to as excess yang is either excess acid conditions or it is very > defecient yin or it can be both. Very interesting - excess acidity seems to feature quite strongly in metabolic syndromes, both human and equine. > Theraputicly the most important point is that such cases will be made > worse by giving Qi or Yang building substances (which is often done). Yes, that was inflicted on me and my horse with disastrous onsequences for both. > A hypometabolic person must build > basic yin functions before asking the body to perform at a higher more > energetic level. Could you define some of those 'yin functions' in western terms for us? The problem I seemed to come up against was practitioners seeing hypometabolic function, especially with excess weight, almost as an excess of yin, 'yin pathogen' I was told. Could an excess of dampness in one area mask a depletion of yin at a deeper level? That would make sense of the failure in differentiation. > When working on recovery we must not get the cart before the horse. > The horse is Yin. LOL, more pertinent that you know! Jackie -- Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.6 - Release 08/06/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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