Glossary
The symbol of the Taoist philosophy is the Tao. It is represented as a separated circle in two symmetrical half from a sinusoidal line which gives the idea of rotational continuous movement. The whole suggests the action expressed by two forms of energy that act in opposite but synergetic way. The originality of this thought is in the presentation of the reality and therefore the life of the man as expression of interactive strengths able to change in the really opposite one: the matter in energy, the energy in matter. The two strengths antagonists synergetic and complementary, they take the name of Yin Yang. Their dynamic character is reproduced in suggestive and synthetic manner by the ancient Chinese symbol T'ai-chi T'u called "Diagram of the last reality" or Tao (Dao). In cosmic sense, the Tao is the essence of the universe, his progress, his to exist, the last and inscrutable reality. In moral sense it is the correct and only Way. In physical sense it is the order of the nature seen how flow and nonstop change of the reality, in which the animal and vegetable world, the man, the nature, follows continuous cyclical schemes that they characterize the incessant transformation of the Dao.
The Yin Yang explains that the man lives in the kingdom of the duality, in which the reality is composed of couples, of opposite double aspects, but tied by an indissoluble correlation that makes the one complementary of the other.
Every couple introduces a characteristic, a physiognomy, a structure, an aspect that cannot exist without the support of the contrary aspect. In the reality aspects alone Yin or Yang don't exist, but whole (couples) in which the two aspects act with a dynamics brim to reach a state of continuous equilibrium. If the Yang increases, the Yin is withdrawn, if the Yin increases the Yang it is withdrawn, but, always, transitorily until the opposite state it is reached.
To explanatory purpose we can divide the unity Yin Yang, separating the aspects Yin from those Yangs of the existing joinings in nature; in the field of the physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, astronomy, etc., and in what concerns to the human body: anatomy, physiology, physiopathology, clinic, therapy. But it is not necessary to commit the error to objectively consider the Yin and the Yang to itself stale. This way doing would lose meaning the principle on which the reality and the way of operating of the universe and all the aspects of the living world are founded. He cannot simply be said: the man is Yang, this concept doesn't have for the Chinese, any meaning, if it is not compared with another term of comparison: correct it is to say the man it is Yang in comparison to a woman Yin, since the men can be more or less Yang or straight Yin and the women to be more or less Yin or straight Yang.
In a couple, Yang can be the woman, if it dominates in energy (Yang), courage (Yang), initiative (Yang), authority (Yang), a weak man (Yin), fearful (Yin), lazy (Yin), timid (Yin).
To have a meaningful reading, Yin-Yang always needs a point of reference of comparison of relationship. In this way the value Yin Yang is never absolute, but related to the binomial one or considered joining
SOME EXAMPLES Of COUPLES YIN-YANG
YIN | YANG |
weak hair, short-lived | strong hair, resisting |
scarce hair | abundant hair |
subumbilical regions | supraumbilical regions |
anterior area of the body | external areas of the body |
organs | viscuses |
liver | gall bladder |
heart | small intestine |
spleen-pancreas | stomach |
lung | large intestine |
kidney | bladder |
right side of the body | left side of the body |
dermis | epidermis |
deep muscles | superficial muscles |
veins | arteries |
motor nerves | sensorial nerves |
depth lymphatic tract | superficial lymphatic tract |
deep bones | superficial bones |
deep articulations | superficial articulations |
face pale, yellowish, cyanosed | ruddy face |
hypotonic epithelial tissue | sthenic epithelial tissue |
hydrous epithelial tissue | dry epithelial tissue |
female sex | male sex |
flabby obesity | tonic obesity |
blonde smooth hair | black curly hair |
hypotonic muscular tissue | sthenic strong muscular tissue |
slow reflexes, delayed | rapid reflexes, ready |
slow motions, embarrassed | agile motions |
conciseness (to speak few) | loquacity |
absent sad look | careful happy look |
tranquillity | exuberance |
calm | hurry |
sadness, depression | joy, excitement |
pessimism | optimism |
egoism indifference | altruism |
unwillingness, idleness | wish, activity |
sedentariness | industriousness |
indecision | initiative |
great activity the evening | great activity the morning |
to postpone | immediately to perform |
sat position or recumbency | erect position |
decificiet virility | pronounced virility |
pronounced femininity | deficient femininity |
arterial hypotension | arterial hypertension |
Symptoms: fear of the cold that improves with the heat, mucous oral and
language pale, white shiny slippery fur, pallor of the face, hands
and cold feet, absence of silk, cold skin, clear and abundant urines, feceses
doughy, tense pulse, slow, less than 4 pulsations for respiratory period. "Disappeared of Yang"
is occurred in the final states of critical illnesses that involve
uncontrollable increases of the bodily temperature (malignant hyperthermia, meninigitis,
etc.).
Symptoms: insomnia, oliguresis, constipation, dryness of the mucous oral, loss of weight, heat to the palm of the hands, to the plants of the feet, to the precordial region, nighttime transpiration, scarlet tongue, evening fever, halitosis, gengivitis, uletic bleeding, turgid turned on face, ulcerations of the mucous oral, nervousness, excessive emotionalism, backache, dizziness, acouphonia.
It is the Qi in the winter. As pathogenic agent expresses the physical action of the Cold on the organism. His polarity is " Yin " and therefore the Yang depresses, his nature it is to get cold and therefore to slow down, to contract, to stop the circulation of Qi. The symptoms change according to the location: if the Cold penetrates in the muscles the subject it warns the fear for the Cold; if the Cold is located in the meridian, the arrest of the circulation of Qi provokes an acute pain. Han Bi is the Cold to the bones and it corresponds to the articular rheumatism with muscular contractures, difficult movements of the limbs, violent pains, calmed by the heat in a first time, and increased by the Cold.
Its polarity is Yin and therefore it acts on the Yang Qi stopping it and depressing it.
Its nature is heavy, impure, stagnant, adhesive, when it penetrates in the organism
it has the tendency to sojourn for a long time. The illnesses from Xie Humidity hardly recover
and they are inclined to the chronicity. It acts particularly on the Jing Luo, or rather on the principal meridians and their ramifications, on the zones that connect the organs with the organism and they make to communicate the Tall one with the Lower part, the Surface, with the Internal of the body. On the muscles damp creates easy tiredness, numbness,
strength's loss, paresthesia. On the articulations damp provokes heaviness
in the movements and deaf pain, Shi Bi is damp to the skin, to the muscles, to the
bones, to the articulations and it corresponds to the muscular rheumatism or to articulate: fixed pains to the subcutaneous one, to the muscles or to the articulations, paresthesia, movements
difficult, tired stricken arts, heavy.
Symptoms: feeling of bodily heaviness, thoracic oppression, pains
abdominal, malodorous feceses. The tongue is often reddish or more colored of the
normal, the fur is of burnt yellow color.
Symptoms: feeling of bodily heaviness, edemas or water retention,
swellings tendency abdominal after the meals, tiredness, exhaustion, tendency
to gain weight. The language is great and show to the sides the imprints of the teeth, the fur
is white, damp and thick.
The function of the Liver is dispatched toward three directions: The function of the Heart (Shou Shao Yin) it is dispatched within: Peripheral function: The Spleen presides together with the Stomach to the digestive function of the foods;
particularly the Qi of the Spleen handles the assimilation of the pure " essence "
of the foods and distribution to all the other organs. The Qi of the Spleen possesses necessary strength to make to climb this essence up to the Lung. it is the same Qi that allows blood to flow along the blood vases and to prevent escapes it.
Peripheral function: The Lung expires the spoiled Qi and inhales the pure Qi. He directs energy
Zong Qi, formed by Qi of the air and Jing Qi of the foods, toward the Heart and through it distributes it in the whole organism. The Lung directs the Qi of the air toward
the Kidney, this nonstop medium among superior and inferior heater, allows
the free circulation of the liquids, essential role of the Lung is also that
to control the diffusion of the air, of the blood and of the liquids and to heat
the skin with the energy Wei Qi; to mean the reported defensive role to this
organ, toward the external pathogenic agents.
Peripheral function: The Jing of the Kidneys is composed by the inherited Jing and by the Jing acquired derived
from the pure energy of the foods produced by Spleen-stomach. The Jing of the Kidneys
it is shown in the two aspects Yin and primordial Yang: the first one, the True " Yin ", is
the basis of the liquids of the body that he nourishes and it humidifies, the second, the "True
Yang", it is the basis of the Yang Qi of the body and it has the assignment to preside to everybody his metabolic processes and to his heating. The action on the water is dispatched
from the Qi of the kidney. If the Yang Qi is prevalent, it opens a lot: polyuria, insipid diabetes,
pancreatic diabetes; if the Yin prevails, it closes a lot: oliguresis, retention of urine,
edemas.
The Kidneys produce the bony marrow (medulla ossium), the marrow of the vertebral column (spinal marrow) and the brain, considered as "the concentration of the marrow".
EXTERNAL HUMIDITY (Shi)
DROUGHT(Zao)
Its polarity is " Yang " and therefore curtains to dehydrate to decrease the liquids of the
Yin, but its action is also astringent. The susceptible organ to be struck
it is the Lung, the tissue, the skin and the hair. The symptoms involve the function
of distribution, purification, come down of Qi: dry cough, scarce expectoration and
viscous difficult to expectorate, bronchospasm, thoracic pain. They change
if the dryness is associated to the cold or to the warm.
WARM-HOT FIRE (Re - Huo)
Their polarity is " Yang " and therefore they depress the Yin, diminishing strength of it, consuming
the liquids of the organism and provoking the dispersion of it to the external. Their nature
it is to inflame and to rise, acting on the most elevated regions of the body.
The initial symptoms are: fever without shiver, headache, swollen and painful throat,
arid mouth, thirst.
TOXIC WARM-HOT
It results formed by the combination of the Heat in excess with you determine toxins.
It can paragon him to the serious infections of the western medicine. The symptoms are fever, anginas, inflammations, ulcers, mental disorders.
HUMIDITY WARM-HOT
It is one "Internal Damp, deep united to the Heat"
HUMIDITY COLD
It is one "Inside Damp, deep united to the Cold"
MUCOSITY HUMIDITY
Dense damp that is accumulated in the organism and, when it is associated to stasis of
" Blood ", can give masses origin, tumors, ecc.
LIVER
1
harvest and distribution of the blood
2
regulation of the digestive and assimilative function
3
activation of the"three heaters" and liberation of the "way" of the water
Peripheral function:
HEART
1
the circulation of the blood inside the vases.
2
the mental activity. (Shen)
SPLEEN
The function of the Spleen (Zu Tai Yin) it is dispatched toward three directions:
1
transport-distribution
2
ascent
3
the blood's containment
LUNG
The function of the Lung (Shou Tai Yin) it is dispatched toward three directions:
1
the Qi of the organism sustains, it governs the respiraton
2
it controls the diffusion of the Qi, of the blood, and of the liquids
3
it directs the "descent" of the air
KIDNEY
The function of the " Kidneys " is dispatched toward four directions:
1
containment of the innate Jing and acquired
2
controllo dell'acqua
3
controllo degli orifici inferiori
4
produzione del midollo osseo
TO TONIFY
To give tone, energy to the system for the functional activation. it is possible with
heated needles with a lighter or with the " moxa " with leaves of turned on artemisia
above the Chinese point. It can be tonify opportunely resorting to the Chinese medicines select second the etiopathogenic diagnosis of the dysfunction.It can be tonify also with electric fields created by minimals electric current measured in micro Ampèrè.The software "Medodue" is connected to an apparatus, "Homeostasis", able to measure the variations of the conductance of the Chinese point; this datum is read by a micro chip and decoded from
integrated " frames " in degree to conduct to the diagnosis in real time.The current ones disbursed by the apparatus are able to take care of the deficit or the excess
of energy through automatic choice of the fit electric parameters.
TO DISPERSE
It means to eliminate the excesses, to reactivate the stases to balance the compromised functions. It is possible with the massage of the Chinese points, with the needles set to abode
for long time, with the Chinese medicines; but also with the polarize electric current
previous gotten diagnosis, as for the tonification, with " Medodue " and the apparatus
"Homeostasis" 1