The concept of Yin and Yang serves not only to understand ones’ health, but to diagnose and treat illnesses as well as for the TCM practitioner to understand – and ultimately to teach the patient – the physiology, pathology and treatment of the illness. When one dominates the other, it brings about an imbalance that can result in ill health.Īccording to the Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation, the theory of Yin and Yang drives TCM healthcare, much as rationalism – the search for and emphasis of basic mechanisms of disease – influences most Western medical diagnoses. When the two opposing forces are in balance we feel good. In exactly the same way, the body, mind and emotions are all subject to the influences of the Yin and Yang. However, if the Yang (flame) burns too brightly and becomes out-of-control, it can cause an excess of wax which may extinguish the flame. One can easily see how Yin and Yang depend on the other for their existence and how you cannot have one without the other. When the wax (Yin) is gone, the flame is gone as well. Yang consumes Yin, and in that process, the candle burns brightly. Yin (wax) nourishes and supports the Yang (flame) but the flame needs the wax for its existence. The wax represents the Yin while the flame represents the Yang.
What most people do not know is that the concept of Yin-Yang is the foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine.Īn easy way to understand the concept of Yin and Yang is to think of a candle. Each side contains a small circle of the opposite color, demonstrating the belief that nothing is never really all Yin or all Yang there is some Yang in Yin and vice-versa. That curved line symbolizes the constant change of balance between the Yin and Yang. After treatment, the modified KI scale scores in the two groups were reduced ( P<0.01), and the modified KI scale score in the observation group was lower than that in the control group ( P<0.05).Īcupuncture- moxibustion treatment by stages based on the theory of "transformation of yin and yang" has similar efficacy with femoston in improving serum sex hormone level and menstrual symptoms in patients with POI, and has advantages in improving serum AMH level, AFC and perimenopausal symptoms.By Susan Tretakis – Most people have heard or read the words “Yin” and “Yang” many are familiar with the Yin-Yang symbol consisting of a circle, divided by a curved line into a black (Yin) and white (Yang) side. The ovarian function (serum follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol, anti-mullerian hormone and antral follicle count ) and perimenopausal symptoms were observed before and after treatment, and the menstrual improvement of the two groups was compared.Ĭompared before treatment, the serum levels of FSH and LH were decreased ( P0.05). Both groups were treated for 3 menstrual cycles. The patients in the control group were treated with oral administration of femoston (estradiol tablets/estradiol and dydrogesterone tablets, 1 tablet per day). The patients in the observation group, based on the theory of "transformation of yin and yang", were treated with acupuncture-moxibustion by stages in the postmenstrual period, ovulatory period, premenstrual period and menstrual period, once every other day, 3 times a week. To compare the efficacy between acupuncture-moxibustion treatment by stages and femoston for premature ovarian insufficiency (POI).Ī total of 66 patients with POI were randomly divided into an observation group (33 cases, 3 cases dropped off) and a control group (33 cases, 2 cases dropped off).
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