Guest guest Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Z'ev, Can you say what commentary you are referring to in your post below? I would like to read it if you can point the way (and if it's in English.) thanks, RoseAnne S. I first became aware of this issue in a commentary to the Shang Han Lun, that stated that one must supplement yang to nourish yin, using medicinals such as ginger/gan jiang and cinnamon/gui zhi. According to this commentary, one cannot nourish yin with mobilizing the mechanisms to produce yin qi, involving the qi transformation and separation of clear and turbid qi. ______________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Check out page 189 in the Mitchell/Wiseman/Ye translation of the Shang Han Lun . . the prescription being discussed is gan cao gan jiang tang. In this clinical scenario (dual yin and yang vacuity), " one must support the yang. The yin need not be treated because once yang is restored, the fluids will be contained and yin replenished. This reflects the principle that it is easier to treat yang than yin. When yang is secure, yin will be preserved and when yang is engendered, yin will increase " . One aspect of this pattern is that when yang is weak, there is excessive urination and loss of true yin. On Oct 16, 2007, at 4:53 PM, ra6151 wrote: > Z'ev, > > Can you say what commentary you are referring to in your post below? I > would like to read it if you can point the way (and if it's in > English.) > > thanks, > RoseAnne S. > > I first became aware of this issue in a commentary to the Shang > Han Lun, that stated that one must supplement yang to nourish yin, > using medicinals such as ginger/gan jiang and cinnamon/gui zhi. > According to this commentary, one cannot nourish yin with mobilizing > the mechanisms to produce yin qi, involving the qi transformation and > separation of clear and turbid qi. > > ________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL > Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com > > Chair, Department of Herbal Medicine Pacific College of Oriental Medicine San Diego, Ca. 92122 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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