Acupressure - Yin and yang
For Understanding yin and yang let us take a motor car to construct an analogy. The outside is bathed in sunlight and is great yang (SMALL INTESTINES & URINARY BLADDER). The rim of the petrol tank inlet is lesser yang (TRIPPLE WARMER &GALL BLADDER), whilst the petrol cap is sunlight yang (LARGE INTESTINE & STOMACH). As we descend into the petrol tank we pass through the great yin (LUNGS & SPLEEN). The engine is absolute yin (PERICARDIUM & LIVER) and the exhaust, which is in contact with the outside, is lesser yin (KIDNEY & HEART). According to Chinese medicine the lesser yin organs had to be deep in the body and contain rapidly flowing substance. Moreover, they had to be in contact with the outside. The two organs which fit these requirements are the heart and kidney. Absolute yin is the Linking area between lesser yin and great yin. Since the great yin is the foundation of everything hidden and mysterious, the lungs and spleen were considered as great yin...