[Fwd: shaoyang]

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Here's a forward on shaoyang from my SHL teacher

 

Heiner Fruehauf wrote:

 

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> Both versions are correct (see my post below), but it depends how you look at

> it: In the Neijing

> it says, " Taiyang is in charge of opening, Yangming is in charge of closing,

> and Shaoyang is in charge of the hinge function. " From this perspective,

> shaoyang is located between the other two. Also, from the perspective of

> layers, shaoyang would be located between the other two (that is after

> taiyang and before yangming): taiyang is outside, yangming is inside, and

> shaoyang is the realm in between. However, from the perspective of a

> person's immune function, shaoyang would come after yangming and before

> taiyin. According to Prof. Fu Yuanmou, one of my Shanghan Lun teachers (and

> I think he is right about this), a person with taiyang disease lacks only

> about 10% of his immune function (since the disease gets captured at the

> taiyang layer); a person with yangming disease about 25% (disease gets

> deeper immediately, but body still has enough immune umpf left to muster up

> the powerful yangming response), and shaoyang disease about 40%--with still

> more than 50% intact, the person is still in the yang range, but about to

> become cold and deficient (therefore the ganjiang, renshen, dazao, which are

> already taiyin herbs; included in xiao chaihu tang to prevent the

> progression toward the yin spectrum of disease).

>

> Hope this helps, and wish that all is well down there in San Diego.

>

> Heiner

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> heiner <heiner

> Sunday, February 11, 2001 11:21 PM

> shaoyang

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> >Hi Heiner

> >

> >Hope life is treating you well. I have a question about the place of

> >shaoyang diseases in the six stages. Many authors place shaoyang before

> >yangming and specifically talk about using rx like xiao chai hu tang to

> >prevent the pathogen from progressing inward where it would need

> >draining. since draining is used in yangming disorders, this would seem

> >to confirm this progression. However, I seem to recall that you place

> >shaoyang after yangming and consider it to be a hinge or pivot into

> >taiyin and/or other yin phases. Is my memory correct? How do I

> >reconcile these two schemes.

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