Sunday, July 10, 2011

Why should I care?

Most people know so little about these two forces that they unknowingly let them mess up their life in many ways.  That's correct.  Yin and Yang can mess up your life if you let them get out of balance.

Let's look for a moment at what an out of balance condition looks like for a human being:

A person who is excess yang, which means that they have consumed too much yang food (more on that later), will be tense.  They will be stressed.  They may be on a hair trigger with anger.  They may have panic attacks or exhibit paranoia.  They may be compulsive in many ways.  They may be hyperactive.  They may grit their teeth in their sleep.  They may develop heart problems.  They may crave sugar and sweets.  They may drink alcohol to excess.  They may take drugs, or do drugs.  Their hair at the crown may fall out.

A person who is excess yin, which means they have consumed too much yin food (defined later), may sleep to excess.  They may have nasal discharge.  They may snore.  They may develop hemorrhoids.  They will have "allergies".  They may develop asthma.  They may develop sleep apnea.  They may crave salty foods and dry foods.  They may develop a hernia.  Their hair at the front may fall out.  They may have fever and flu symptoms.

Do any of these conditions sound familiar?  When you know how to balance these two forces you can avoid many of these conditions.  Knowing how yin and yang affect your life allows you to take charge of the process and eliminate the annoying if not dangerous conditions.

In my next post we will discuss more about how yin and yang work and how we can use these forces to our advantage to enhance our wellbeing.

Thanks for reading.

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