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Yīn is calm and yáng is sound

阴平阳秘 〔陰平陽秘〕 yīn píng yáng mì

Health expressed in terms of yīn and yáng. When yīn is undisturbed by hyperactive yáng, it is calm. When yáng is exuberant, it performs its normal securing function of protecting the body against external evils, and retaining yīn essence in the body. Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, shēng qì tōng tiān lùn) says, When yīn is calm and yáng is sound, essence-spirit is in order.

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