Understanding Yin & Yang
The words yin and yang come from ancient Chinese medical terminology. Yin, and its complementary opposite, yang, are essential qualities of all physical matter in the universe. The human body is physical, so the words yin and yang apply to the human body as well.
The concept of a primordial oneness that is divided into two is a universal principle in both Western and Eastern philosophy.
In Western civilization, the first chapter of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible states that God divided the void or the oneness into the heavens and the earth, dark and light, the land and the seas, male and female. This is the concept of a basic “twoness” of complementary opposites that form our physical world.
In the East, the ancient Taoists similarly believed that all physical phenomena arise by a splitting of the primordial oneness into two, which they called the yin and the yang. Other groups called the same thing by different names.
The concept of a primordial oneness that is divided into two is a universal principle in both Western and Eastern philosophy.
In Western civilization, the first chapter of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible states that God divided the void or the oneness into the heavens and the earth, dark and light, the land and the seas, male and female. This is the concept of a basic “twoness” of complementary opposites that form our physical world.
In the East, the ancient Taoists similarly believed that all physical phenomena arise by a splitting of the primordial oneness into two, which they called the yin and the yang. Other groups called the same thing by different names.
The Three Principles of Yang and Yin
These principles are very important. If you understand them, you will understand the yang/yin concept well. Each of the following principles builds on the previous one, so the simplest one is given first.
1. The basic directions in space: In and out. This is also the same as contracted and expanded, small and large, thin and fat, centripetal and centrifugal, and up and down. (These only require one direction.)
2. Trajectories: Straight and curved. This is the same as linear and rounded. (Curved requires a second vector or direction.)
3. Frequencies: Higher and lower. This includes the colors, the sound frequencies, the electrical frequencies, speed such as fast and slow, near and far infrared, VHF or very high frequency and VLF or very low frequency, and more. (These criteria require at least a third vector or direction in space to produce them.)
These are the three main principles. There are more principles of yang and yin, but they are combinations of the above. Now let us expand on these ideas.
YANG
Yang is a physics concept that at its root, means inwardly-moving energy. It also usually means downwardly-moving energy. “Downwardly-moving”, in this article, means moving toward a center such as the center of the earth. So inwardly-moving and downwardly-moving mean the same thing.
It is a motion of atoms or particles. These particles are moving toward each other, or toward a center. There is no good word for it in English, so I am using the ancient Chinese word for it.
This inwardly-moving motion gives rise to the qualities that are considered more yang. They include:
a) Warmer – as the particles hit each other and generate heat through friction.
b) More compressed, condensed and/or contracted – as a result of the inward coming-together movement of the particles. It also causes yang to mean higher pressure.
c) Dryer, with less water, and harder – due to the particles coming closer to each other and pushing out the water and other softer matter.
d) More activity and movement as the warmth and close proximity of the particles rub up against one another.
e) More associated with maleness than with femaleness. This is a tricky one, but the male energy is considered hotter and more compressed (like a penis, rather than an open and larger vagina.
f) More concerned with radiating than absorbing. This is also due to the warmth and compressed nature of yang.
g) More physical because physical matter is more dense and compressed than etheric or ethereal substance, which is more expanded or yin (the opposite of yang).
h) In nutritional balancing, fast oxidation and an elevated sodium/potassium ratio are more yang. Bodies in fast oxidation tend to be warmer, more active, and men have faster oxidation rates than women, in general. The body is also generally more hard or muscular, and more contracted.
i) Fullness. This is due to the greater concentration or higher density of particles. In contrast, yin is more empty.
Men and women. Men, in general, are slightly more yang than most women. Men tend to have faster oxidation rates than women, in general. The body is also generally more hard or muscular, and more contracted.
However, I learned from Michio Kushi that the male body is more yang on the outside, but more yin on the inside. The female body is more yin on the outside, but more yang on the inside.
YIN
At its root, yin means particles are moving apart and usually in an upward direction. The word upward here means away from a center such as the center of the earth, or of the universe. In this sense, “moving apart” and “moving upward” mean the exact same thing.
This type of movement of particles gives rise to the qualities of yin, as follows:
a) Cooler – as the particles move apart, they bump into each other less, creating less friction and less heat.
b) More expanded – as the particle move apart, they take up more space forming an expanded mass. It also causes yin to mean lower pressure.
c) More watery and softer – the particles move apart and softer material such as water can get in. Water is one of the most yin substances there is, while minerals are one of the most yang or concentrated substances.
d) Less obvious activity – as the particles move apart, they “drift” more and it seems like there is a slowing of movement. They also do not bounce off each other as much, so this causes less movement, too.
e) More associated with femaleness than maleness. This is somewhat tricky, but females tend to move a little slower, have a slower oxidation rate, and their reproductive organs are more expanded.
f) More concerned with absorbing than with radiating. This is because “cooler bodies in space” tend to absorb heat, while hotter ones tend to radiate their heat. So this is directly related to the cooler quality of yin.
g) Less physical – because as the particles move outward in space, their mass becomes less physical and more etheric or ethereal.
h) In nutritional balancing, slow oxidation and four lows pattern, and a low sodium/potassium ratio are more yin. The body is cooler, more sluggish, and women generally have slower oxidation rates than men. The body is also generally softer, with a little more fat, and more expanded.
i) More empty. This is due to the lower concentration of particles in space.
In summary, Yin refers to a quality of some matter that tends to be colder, more expanded, more chaotic, more disintegrated, centrifugal in nature (which means moving outwardly and sometimes upward), often more feminine in nature, tending to be damp or more watery, more flaccid and softer.
An example. Though it may be a little crude, the simple idea of a hard, linear penis (yang) compared to an open, rounded, moist vagina (yin) may help one recall some of the major qualities of yang and yin.
OTHER WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE YANG AND YIN
In General: Yang tends to be more contracted, more dense, condensing, increasing in mass, warm with more internal heat, more organized or anti-entropic, dryer and often more physical.
Yin tends to be more expanded, evaporating, less dense, more chaotic, less massive, cold, damp and in some cases more ethereal.
For example, water is more yin, while land is more yang. The warm tropics are more yang, while the areas near the north and south poles are far more yin because they are cold. Here is more detail:
1. Hot & Cold. More yang means the particles of matter are closer to one another (more contracted or compacted) and there is more friction between them, generating more heat, more light and more concentrated mass.
In contrast, more yin means that the particles of matter are further apart (more expanded). This causes less friction between them, which causes less heat or more coldness, less light and less concentrated mass. Please memorize this, as it will help all understanding of yang and yin.
2. Frequencies of Energies. Yang tends to be a lower frequency or slower moving waves, while yin tends to be a higher frequency of energy or faster moving waves of energy. This is not always the case, but it is often true.
For example, the color red is a lower frequency and more yang, while the color blue is a higher frequency and somewhat more yin. Infrared is an even lower frequency and tends to be more yang than red, although infrared contains some frequencies that are yin as well, so this criteria is variable.
3. Directions of Movement. Yang tends to be inward-moving or centripetal. It is also generally downward-moving toward the center of the earth.
In contrast, yin tends to be more outward-moving, split apart or centrifugal. It also tends to be upward moving away from the earth. Once again, this is not always true, but is often the case.
For example, foods that grow up in the air on trees, such as fruits, are further away from the earth and this is one reason they tend to be more yin. Root vegetables are much more yang, in part because they grow under the earth’s surface.
4. Amount of Chaos. Yang is less chaotic and more organized or more integrated. This is also called anti-entropic in physics.
In contrast, yin is more chaotic, or more broken apart, or more disintegrated, or more entropic.
Summary of Yin & Yang, called the Four Words in Tibetan:
Yang: warmer contracted centripetal anti-entropic
Yin: cooler expanded centrifugal entropic
1. The basic directions in space: In and out. This is also the same as contracted and expanded, small and large, thin and fat, centripetal and centrifugal, and up and down. (These only require one direction.)
2. Trajectories: Straight and curved. This is the same as linear and rounded. (Curved requires a second vector or direction.)
3. Frequencies: Higher and lower. This includes the colors, the sound frequencies, the electrical frequencies, speed such as fast and slow, near and far infrared, VHF or very high frequency and VLF or very low frequency, and more. (These criteria require at least a third vector or direction in space to produce them.)
These are the three main principles. There are more principles of yang and yin, but they are combinations of the above. Now let us expand on these ideas.
YANG
Yang is a physics concept that at its root, means inwardly-moving energy. It also usually means downwardly-moving energy. “Downwardly-moving”, in this article, means moving toward a center such as the center of the earth. So inwardly-moving and downwardly-moving mean the same thing.
It is a motion of atoms or particles. These particles are moving toward each other, or toward a center. There is no good word for it in English, so I am using the ancient Chinese word for it.
This inwardly-moving motion gives rise to the qualities that are considered more yang. They include:
a) Warmer – as the particles hit each other and generate heat through friction.
b) More compressed, condensed and/or contracted – as a result of the inward coming-together movement of the particles. It also causes yang to mean higher pressure.
c) Dryer, with less water, and harder – due to the particles coming closer to each other and pushing out the water and other softer matter.
d) More activity and movement as the warmth and close proximity of the particles rub up against one another.
e) More associated with maleness than with femaleness. This is a tricky one, but the male energy is considered hotter and more compressed (like a penis, rather than an open and larger vagina.
f) More concerned with radiating than absorbing. This is also due to the warmth and compressed nature of yang.
g) More physical because physical matter is more dense and compressed than etheric or ethereal substance, which is more expanded or yin (the opposite of yang).
h) In nutritional balancing, fast oxidation and an elevated sodium/potassium ratio are more yang. Bodies in fast oxidation tend to be warmer, more active, and men have faster oxidation rates than women, in general. The body is also generally more hard or muscular, and more contracted.
i) Fullness. This is due to the greater concentration or higher density of particles. In contrast, yin is more empty.
Men and women. Men, in general, are slightly more yang than most women. Men tend to have faster oxidation rates than women, in general. The body is also generally more hard or muscular, and more contracted.
However, I learned from Michio Kushi that the male body is more yang on the outside, but more yin on the inside. The female body is more yin on the outside, but more yang on the inside.
YIN
At its root, yin means particles are moving apart and usually in an upward direction. The word upward here means away from a center such as the center of the earth, or of the universe. In this sense, “moving apart” and “moving upward” mean the exact same thing.
This type of movement of particles gives rise to the qualities of yin, as follows:
a) Cooler – as the particles move apart, they bump into each other less, creating less friction and less heat.
b) More expanded – as the particle move apart, they take up more space forming an expanded mass. It also causes yin to mean lower pressure.
c) More watery and softer – the particles move apart and softer material such as water can get in. Water is one of the most yin substances there is, while minerals are one of the most yang or concentrated substances.
d) Less obvious activity – as the particles move apart, they “drift” more and it seems like there is a slowing of movement. They also do not bounce off each other as much, so this causes less movement, too.
e) More associated with femaleness than maleness. This is somewhat tricky, but females tend to move a little slower, have a slower oxidation rate, and their reproductive organs are more expanded.
f) More concerned with absorbing than with radiating. This is because “cooler bodies in space” tend to absorb heat, while hotter ones tend to radiate their heat. So this is directly related to the cooler quality of yin.
g) Less physical – because as the particles move outward in space, their mass becomes less physical and more etheric or ethereal.
h) In nutritional balancing, slow oxidation and four lows pattern, and a low sodium/potassium ratio are more yin. The body is cooler, more sluggish, and women generally have slower oxidation rates than men. The body is also generally softer, with a little more fat, and more expanded.
i) More empty. This is due to the lower concentration of particles in space.
In summary, Yin refers to a quality of some matter that tends to be colder, more expanded, more chaotic, more disintegrated, centrifugal in nature (which means moving outwardly and sometimes upward), often more feminine in nature, tending to be damp or more watery, more flaccid and softer.
An example. Though it may be a little crude, the simple idea of a hard, linear penis (yang) compared to an open, rounded, moist vagina (yin) may help one recall some of the major qualities of yang and yin.
OTHER WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE YANG AND YIN
In General: Yang tends to be more contracted, more dense, condensing, increasing in mass, warm with more internal heat, more organized or anti-entropic, dryer and often more physical.
Yin tends to be more expanded, evaporating, less dense, more chaotic, less massive, cold, damp and in some cases more ethereal.
For example, water is more yin, while land is more yang. The warm tropics are more yang, while the areas near the north and south poles are far more yin because they are cold. Here is more detail:
1. Hot & Cold. More yang means the particles of matter are closer to one another (more contracted or compacted) and there is more friction between them, generating more heat, more light and more concentrated mass.
In contrast, more yin means that the particles of matter are further apart (more expanded). This causes less friction between them, which causes less heat or more coldness, less light and less concentrated mass. Please memorize this, as it will help all understanding of yang and yin.
2. Frequencies of Energies. Yang tends to be a lower frequency or slower moving waves, while yin tends to be a higher frequency of energy or faster moving waves of energy. This is not always the case, but it is often true.
For example, the color red is a lower frequency and more yang, while the color blue is a higher frequency and somewhat more yin. Infrared is an even lower frequency and tends to be more yang than red, although infrared contains some frequencies that are yin as well, so this criteria is variable.
3. Directions of Movement. Yang tends to be inward-moving or centripetal. It is also generally downward-moving toward the center of the earth.
In contrast, yin tends to be more outward-moving, split apart or centrifugal. It also tends to be upward moving away from the earth. Once again, this is not always true, but is often the case.
For example, foods that grow up in the air on trees, such as fruits, are further away from the earth and this is one reason they tend to be more yin. Root vegetables are much more yang, in part because they grow under the earth’s surface.
4. Amount of Chaos. Yang is less chaotic and more organized or more integrated. This is also called anti-entropic in physics.
In contrast, yin is more chaotic, or more broken apart, or more disintegrated, or more entropic.
Summary of Yin & Yang, called the Four Words in Tibetan:
Yang: warmer contracted centripetal anti-entropic
Yin: cooler expanded centrifugal entropic
Other Principles Regarding the Idea of Yin & Yang
- Nothing is purely yin or pure yang. A pure state of yin or yang cannot exist in a balanced universe. In fact, if it does begin to occur, the one changes to the other, at times. This is the basis for atom bombs, for example, as matter (more yang) is changed into pure energy (more yin) in a violent way.
- The proportions of yin and yang are always changing. In other words, it is a dynamic concept that is always shifting as conditions change.
- Yin and yang always coexist and are complementary opposites. They are not “antagonists”, but rather work together to build our physical universe. This means dark and light have their place, as do male and female, hot and cold, contraction and expansion.
- The qualities of yang and yin depend not only on the qualities of the material, procedure, substance or activity. They also depend upon the frequency, intensity, duration, long and short-term effects, and upon effects that can be mechanical, chemical, electric or other.
- Most people’s bodies are extremely yin today. This is the cause of most illness, from a yin and yang balance perspective. It also means that the best results will often occur with the use of more yang therapies, diets and healing methods.
Rare exceptions many include people whose attitudes are too yang, or who have toxins that could make the body very yang, but these are extremely rare and hardly ever seen. Toxins and attitudes are mostly what I would call toxic yang that is quite temporary. However, exceptions can occur. Here are more details.
NUTRITION, AND YANG AND YIN
Living tissue. This is composed of two major components:
The “fuel” foods. The two main types of fuel foods are:
Here is more detail about the fuel foods:
Oils are more yin than fats. Oils are liquid at room temperature, and derive more from plants. Both of these are yin characteristics.
2. Starches and sugars. Starches (complex carbohydrates), are more yang than sugars (simple carbohydrates).
Starches are more concentrated and complex, which are yang qualities. Sugars are more broken apart, a yin quality.
The most yin food. You can see that of all these foods, sugars are the most yin. This is a major reason to avoid them, since the bodies today are already too yin.
Artificial sweeteners and other food chemicals are often even more yin, making them even more harmful to the body, in many cases.
The most yin food. You can see that of all these foods, sugars are the most yin. This is a major reason to avoid them, since the bodies today are already too yin.
Artificial sweeteners and other food chemicals are often even more yin, making them even more harmful to the body, in many cases.
YANG AND YIN MINERALS
MINERALS AND YANG/YIN HE BIG CHART
Yang refers to the quality of some physical matter that is warmer, more compact or condensed, more integrated, moving in a centripetal direction (toward the center), and more often moving downward. It is considered more male, more forceful, more direct, less watery and more dry, and harder.
Minerals and their effects. Minerals, in general, are more yang compared to many other substances. The toxic metals tend to have a yin effect, no matter how yang they are in themselves.
More yang minerals. Among the nutrient minerals, the more yang minerals are calcium, magnesium, sulfur, phosphorus and iron. You will notice that these can form more acidic compounds, which is more yang, especially sulfur, phosphorus and iron.
Calcium and magnesium form some alkaline compounds, but are still considered somewhat yang minerals for other reasons. Calcium is very compact, contracted and hard. Magnesium is very energetic, bright and shining – all yang qualities.
Toxic yang minerals. Among the toxic metals, lead, cadmium, arsenic and nickel are a little more yang than some others. Cadmium is the most yang, enhancing the oxidation rate and hardening the entire body, especially the kidneys, liver and arteries. However, all the toxic metals ALSO tend to have a yin toxic and very destructive effect on the body.
THE BIG CHART
Living tissue. This is composed of two major components:
- Minerals. These are usually metals, which are more yang, and include manganese, zinc, chromium and selenium.
- Proteins. These are often enzymes (containing nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur) and is more yin.
The “fuel” foods. The two main types of fuel foods are:
- Fats and oils. These are generally more yang. They burn hotter, a yang quality.
- Starches and sugars. These are more yin.
Here is more detail about the fuel foods:
- Fats and oils. Fats are more yang than oils. Fats are solid at room temperature, and usually of animal origin, which are yang characteristics. Oils are more yin than fats. Oils are liquid at room temperature, and derive more from plants. Both of these are yin characteristics.
- Starches. Starches (complex carbohydrates), are grains and starchy vegetables. They more yang than sugars (simple carbohydrates). Starches are more concentrated and complex, which are yang qualities.
- Sugars. These include fruit and all sweet foods and beverages. They are very yin.
Oils are more yin than fats. Oils are liquid at room temperature, and derive more from plants. Both of these are yin characteristics.
2. Starches and sugars. Starches (complex carbohydrates), are more yang than sugars (simple carbohydrates).
Starches are more concentrated and complex, which are yang qualities. Sugars are more broken apart, a yin quality.
The most yin food. You can see that of all these foods, sugars are the most yin. This is a major reason to avoid them, since the bodies today are already too yin.
Artificial sweeteners and other food chemicals are often even more yin, making them even more harmful to the body, in many cases.
The most yin food. You can see that of all these foods, sugars are the most yin. This is a major reason to avoid them, since the bodies today are already too yin.
Artificial sweeteners and other food chemicals are often even more yin, making them even more harmful to the body, in many cases.
YANG AND YIN MINERALS
MINERALS AND YANG/YIN HE BIG CHART
Yang refers to the quality of some physical matter that is warmer, more compact or condensed, more integrated, moving in a centripetal direction (toward the center), and more often moving downward. It is considered more male, more forceful, more direct, less watery and more dry, and harder.
Minerals and their effects. Minerals, in general, are more yang compared to many other substances. The toxic metals tend to have a yin effect, no matter how yang they are in themselves.
More yang minerals. Among the nutrient minerals, the more yang minerals are calcium, magnesium, sulfur, phosphorus and iron. You will notice that these can form more acidic compounds, which is more yang, especially sulfur, phosphorus and iron.
Calcium and magnesium form some alkaline compounds, but are still considered somewhat yang minerals for other reasons. Calcium is very compact, contracted and hard. Magnesium is very energetic, bright and shining – all yang qualities.
Toxic yang minerals. Among the toxic metals, lead, cadmium, arsenic and nickel are a little more yang than some others. Cadmium is the most yang, enhancing the oxidation rate and hardening the entire body, especially the kidneys, liver and arteries. However, all the toxic metals ALSO tend to have a yin toxic and very destructive effect on the body.
THE BIG CHART
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ASPECT Gender (in general) Direction Pressure Circularity In/out direction Density Altitude Continental location Colors Size Shape Temperature Texture Location Chaos tendency Moisture content Flow quality Astronomical bodies Sounds pH Materials Chemical Elements State of matter Attitude Physics Tissue quality Blood sugar Muscles Bones Nerves Heart Adrenal glands Cancers Body temperature Body position Age Body shape Hormones Bood pressure Activities/lifestyle Diseases (a large topic) Oxidation rate Sodium/potassium ratio Calcium/magnesium ratio Autonomic Nerve System Hill/bowl patterns Step down/step up Emotions Thoughts Morals Politics The nutritional balancing procedures Food Categories Cooking Where Food Grows Vegetables Protein foods Fats and oils Fruits Size of a food Food processing Beverages Food chemicals Drugs Type of supplement Number of supplements Herbs 1. In and out 2. Spin 3. Up and down 4. Autonomic system 5. Back and forth wobble 6. Impact 7. Up and down wobble Minerals Hormones Voice Body Hair Eyes Hips Blood Body shape Shape of genital organs Reproductive glands (testis and ovaries) |
YANG
GENERAL ASPECTS More male Down toward the earth Higher pressure Less circular (straighter) Inwardly moving or centripetal High density or compact or compressed Higher altitude (further from the earth’s center) Nearer the center Red, orange, yellow Smaller (more compact) More linear or straighter Warmer Harder, rougher Correct location. Also, places that are away from large bodies of water, on inland. Anti-entropic or syntropic Dryer Faster flowing Stars (hot and contracted) Lower notes, deep tones More acidic if not too acidic Crystalline, harder, warmer, more compact Somewhat heavier elements, especially the alkaline reserve minerals, but not the toxic metals, which have a yin effect. Solid More overt and more extroverted Electricity (more radiant force) THE BODY Tight, tense, contracted, inflamed and hot Slightly high More contracted or tense Hard, dense Hard, tense Rapid pulse, hard pulse, possible arteriosclerosis High hormone levels Hard tumors Higher temperature, inflammed Standing or sitting Younger Apple shape, and more slim and linear Testosterone, aldosterone, insulin, thyroxine, all pituitary hormones, pineal hormones Higher blood pressure Gardening, farming, walking, study, adequate rest and sleep, deep breathing, and a little sun bathing. Down sex with no orgasm is fairly yang. In general, conditions with inflammation, heat, fever, or some solid tumors. However, most disease today is of a yin nature because the bodies are almost all yin due to radiation poisoning, chemical toxicity, and mineral-depleted food. Nutrient minerals are more yang. NUTRITIONAL BALANCING Faster oxidation Higher Na/k Lower Ca/Mg Parasympathetic (has a healing and yang effect) Hill pattern Step down Contentment, love, joy Pure, uplifted, logical Ten Commandments, Christian morality Capitalism, free markets, individual rights, self-governance All are yang – coffee enemas, red lamp sauna, ozone machines, foot and hand reflexology, Roy Masters meditation, and the spinal twist. This is why they are recommended, in part. FOOD AND BEVERAGES Meats, poultry, fish, eggs, whole grains, salt and cooked vegetables Cooked food (cooking adds heat and salt) Underground (roots) or on the ground Roots are the most yang. Next are the cruciferous vegetables, and next are the greens. Mung sprouts are fairly yang. Eggs and red meats are more yang. Next is chicken and turkey. Fish and shellfish are somewhat less yang. Sardines are quite yang because they are small fish and low in mercury. Cheese is generally less yang than meats and eggs. Meat fat and egg yolk are the most yang. Next is butter. Next is cream. Next are vegetable oils, but not tropical fruit oils such as coconut and palm oils. All are yin, but small fruits that grow in northern climates, such as berries, are somewhat more yang Smaller Whole foods Coffee and some tea. Spring water and some well water. Salt, especially sea salt, but not refined table salt SUPPLEMENTS/HERBS Glandulars, minerals and some all-natural products, solids Fewer supplements Ginger, mustard, dill weed, horse radish, burdock, milk thistle, dandelion, tarragon. THE SEVEN SYSTEM Inwardly-moving Right spin Downwardly-moving (toward the earth and from head to feet) Parasympathetic branch has a yang effect Good, solid wobble Good, solid impact Good, solid wobble MALE AND FEMALE Zinc dominant Testosterone Lower pitch More Smaller Narrower (compact) More red blood cells More linear More linear Together (compact) and lower on the body |
YIN
More female Upward away from earth Lower pressure More circular Outwardly moving or centrifugal Lower density or expanded Lower altitude (closer to the earth’s center) Nearer the oceans Blue, indigo, violet Larger (more expanded) More rounded, curved/ circular Cooler Softer, smoother More displaced. Also, locations near large bodies of water. Entropic Wetter Slower flow or stagnant Planets and moons Higher notes, shrill More alkaline Flowing, softer, cooler, more expanded Light elements and the toxic metals because they have a yin effect. Radioactive minerals are extremely yin because they destroy the body. Liquid, gas More covert and more introverted Magnetism (more attractive force) Colder, relaxed, dilated, limp and more sickly Lower blood sugar Relaxed or flaccid Soft, osteoporotic Relaxed, limp Slow pulse, weak heart, expanded arteries Lower hormone levels Soft tumors, diffuse or blood cancers Lower temperature, degenerative Prone or lying down Older Pear shape, and heavier, more rounded and more voluptuous in women Estrogen, cortisol, cortisone, glucagon, parathormone Lower blood pressure Sex with orgasm, music, art, staying up late, and using computers, television and cell phones. Too much exercise or too much sun have yin effects. In general, conditions characterized by cold, fungal or yeast infections, many viral infections, degenerative diseases, nutritional deficiencies, most chemical poisoning, and toxic metal poisoning Slower oxidation or four lows Lower Na/k Higher Ca/Mg Sympathetic (has a tissue breakdown effect) Bowl pattern Step up Fear, anger, resentment, grief, guilt Confused thinking, destructive thoughts, erratic thinking Moral relativism (or no truth), loose living, lack of religious orientation Welfare state, dependency, corruption, oppression, socialism, communism (these have severe yin effects on most people) Baths, colonic irrigation, herbal formulas, extra supplements. One must be very careful with all of these, as they are more yin! Alcohol, sugars, fruits, juices, all fermented food, raw vegetables, nightshade vegetables (really are fruits), squashes, nuts, and seeds Raw food (colder) Above ground and high in the air (fruit) Nightshade vegetables, squash family, especially zucchini and summer squashes, raw salad vegetables, mushrooms and fungi Milk. Egg or milk protein powders are very yin because they are broken apart and processed. Nuts and seeds are more yin. Legumes or beans are all somewhat yin. Lentils are the most yang among the legumes. Refined vegetable oils, coconut oil, palm oil, hydrogenated fats used in margarine, commercial peanut butter, and in other foods. Larger fruits, melons, fleshy fruits and especially tropical and subtropical fruit such as coconut, palm & citrus. Larger Most processed food, especially refined, or broken apart as in protein powders, juices, and isolates All sugary beverages and all fruity beverages, and all alcoholic beverages. Also, distilled water, reverse osmosis water and alkaline waters. Most other food chemicals and additives are very yin Most all drugs, both medical and recreational, are extremely yin Most vitamins, most herbs, especially liquids, and most synthetic products More supplements Almost all other herbs. This problem is much worse today due to toxicity of the entire planet. Outwardly-moving Left spin Upwardly-moving (away from the earth and from feet to head) Sympathetic branch has a yin effect No wobble or out of control wobble No impact or erratic impact No wobble or out of control wobble Copper dominant Estrogen & progesterone Higher pitch Less Larger Wider or expanded Fewer red blood cells More curved or rounded More rounded More apart (expanded) and higher on the body |
MORE ARTICLES ABOUT YIN & YANG
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Sources: Lawrence Wilson, M.D.
Yin and Yang Healing
Yin Disease
Acupuncture
Sources: Lawrence Wilson, M.D.
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