Guest guest Posted March 20, 2002 Report Share Posted March 20, 2002 Actually I like Bob's description a lot. It gives me a picture to hang on to. As someone who faces a dozen or so different patients/pictures/patterns everyday his description helps the conceptualization of the yang process. Yes, it may be simple but it makes sense. Much like my favorite teacher, Mrs. Ting, who suddenly hurled a piece of chalk across the room in demonstrating qi. doug Bob said: According to my understanding, yang (as in heart, spleen, or kidney yang) is only a lot of qi in one place, enough qi to manifest both warmth (wen) AND function (yong). So I would also say that yang vacuity always includes qi vacuity. Ken said: The great doctors that I have observed do not see yang2 as just a bunch of qi4 in one place. They see the patient as a dynamic series of transformations and always bear in mind that what they are looking at is the flux of yin1 and yang2. They know that conditions constantly change from a fundamental philosophical precept related to yin1 yang2 and change. They employ their theoretical tools to ascertain the nature of those changes and determine how they can best be influenced to return to more harmonious patterns. All of this, such doctors have told me, stems from their understanding of yin1 and yang2 as they emerge from Chinese philosophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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