Book Description

Warmth, Wonder, Excitement, Passion, Creativity: are these what you're missing? Learn the rules of creation and destruction! Understand Yin and Yang and you've grasped the rudiments of Wisdom. Yang provides the creativity, the warmth, the sparkle, the life, the 'spirit' - but also endings and beginnings, war and upheaval - and what happens to you when you see your baby's first smile. In Traditional Chinese medicine, yang deficiency is a syndrome which can be treated. Nations also go through periods of yang deficiency - often harder to get out of and requiring inspirational leaders. This book takes you from your physical symptoms right on out into international affairs of state. Part One of the book starts with explaining how, though we sometimes feel yang deficient, actually we may be normal. There are 4 general types of people - find out which you are! Two of them just aren't very yang, in which case, relax: you're OK! Then there are two main health situations where YOU may think you're yang deficient but actually your problem is something else. Clear those up and you'll be back to normal. After explaining how yin and yang make up the universe, and the four rules passed down to us from ancient China, the book takes you into the mental and physical signs of deficient yang: good to know. Next, it shows you the different ways there are to reduce yang deficiency safely, including advice about what to eat: for example, how both yin and yang foods can support yang. There are chapters on both excess yang and on what the longer term consequences are of weak yang. In Part Two, the focus shifts to how you express your yang energy in the world, and the dangers of weak yang for nation states. There's a chapter on how to use yang energy here safely, and finally a chapter on how yin and yang manifest at different stages of life and in the life of a nation.