A plain question about Yin-Yang attribution.

tutor

Hallo to everybody. I am a new student, my name is Maurizio, and I am very glad and honoured to study TCM with you and our Medboo tutors. Thank you. I have a question. I found the following statement in chapter I-section I (3.1) of our basic theories materials: [i:bf3ab173eb]"To compare the heart and lung, the heart is Yang and the lung is Yin."[/i:bf3ab173eb] Why? Maybe because heart is more active than lungs, or because the element of heart is Fire... I am not sure. Could Tutor explain to me this point?

tutor

I have another question about the Yin-Yang point of view. The text of course"A" affirms: [i:efdcd1cf85]"Upward and outward direction pertain to Yang, while downward and inward direction pertain to Yin."[/i:efdcd1cf85] My doubt is: why then the Yang channels of energy go [i:efdcd1cf85]downward [/i:efdcd1cf85]and the Yin channels go [i:efdcd1cf85]upward[/i:efdcd1cf85]?"

tutor

Dear Maurizio,
You are welcome to study traditional Chinese medicine with Medboo!
I'm also very pleased to meet you here in this forum.

As to your first question, there's no particular explanation in the text of the teaching materials of traditional Chinese medicine in China, so personally I think what you are thinking is right.

As to the second question, it is involved with more complicated theory, the contraction between Yin and and Yang.

Tutor

tutor

Dear Tutor,

thank you for your answer: it is encouraging to me!

Regarding the direction of Yin and Yang channels of energy, I suppose that - even though Yin normally goes downward and Yang upward - in this case they are directionated toward each other: Yang goes down to reach Yin, and Yin goes up to reach Yang. In this way they are interconnected in the body to create a vital equilibrium. If Yang would go upward and Yin downward they wouldn't meet each other - they would be separated, and that means stagnation or death!

Please, Tutor, tell me: is this kind of argument too philosophical or perhaps "westerner"? Or it could be in a right connection with the TCM way of thinking?

OK, forgive me if I am too tedious!

Thank you!

tutor

Basically what you said is right!

That's why I used the word "contract"!!!

But the seperation of Yin and Yang will not lead to stagnation, but rather the collapes.

Tutor