Written By: Dr. Jeanne Wilson
Chinese Medicine is based on Daoist thought. And Daoist thought is based on basic observations of nature. In nature we find two major energy forms – that of Yin and Yang. We see these forms expressed in electricity (positive and negative charges) in physiology and chemistry (male and female, acid and alkaline, electrons and protons) every facet of our universe is ruled by observable Yin and Yang energetic forces.
In Chinese Medicine our bodies are a manifestation of the relationship of these two energies. The male energy, (Yang) and the female energy, (Yin) meet when the female egg is fertilized by the male sperm and the female body acts as a transformer to produce a new relationship of yin and yang energy – a “baby” yin/yang relationship!
When we talk about this Yin and Yang of reproductive health, we can say the Yin represents the substantive – blood, tissue and bone and is of the “Earth”. It is first derived genetically from our parents and then maintained and enhance by partaking of the earth through foods. The yang is the male aspect, and is the functional, active part of the energy and can be describe as the hormonal part of the process and is of “Heaven” and taken in by the breath. Our role in this reproductive process is that of a free flowing, enriched, well functioning conduit between these fluctuating energies of heaven and earth. We are literally a conduit BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.
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