this paper explores the developing of how designers can search for inspiration source which provided in the form of traditional elements and archetypes and also their role on idea generation in design from building to urban measure. in order to clarify of this, current study focuses on the far-east region as an ancient part of the world in which there is a huge number of symbols like well known...

This chapter shows how to compute Yin and Yang for different latitudes so traditional Chinese herbalists can quantify the efficacy of herbal drugs. Based on daylight hours, the chapter provides a simple formula that allows computation of Yin and Yang for each day of the year. Moreover, using daily Yin and Yang values, the chapter shows how to render the Yin-Yang symbol properly in accordance wi...

A geometrical dissection that divides a spherical surface into two identical pieces is considered. When the piece is symmetric in two perpendicular directions, the two pieces are called yin and yang and the dissection is yin-yang dissection of a sphere. The yin and yang are mapped each other by a rotation M on the sphere where M2 = 1. Therefore, the yin’s landscape viewed from yang is exactly t...

Ancient traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has effectively relied on the theory of yin-yang balance in diagnoses and treatments of diseases and disorders for more than 2000 years. However, in eastern society, yin-yang is regarded as an incomprehensible ideology without definite physical meaning. Consequently, the yin-yang balance in medicine has not been studied by modern scientific means. In t...

“Unhealthy” body constitution (BC) occurs in persons with an imbalance of Yin and Yang [1]. From a perspective of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Yin and Yang are two opposite poles or forces in the universe [2]. In order to make the meaning of Yin and Yang clearly, Chinese people signify Yin and Yang with “water” and “fire” respectively [3]. Water is cold, dim, passive and sinking; while f...

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.1 Zhou Yi Xi Ci (The Zhou Book of Change •The Survey)said: “Alternation between Yin and Yang is called Tao (Way)”,2 Tao is the law of happen and development and changes for the things, “ Yin-Yang ‘ s greatness and vastness match the images of heaven and...

We have developed finite difference codes based on the Yin-Yang grid for the geodynamo simulation and the mantle convection simulation. The Yin-Yang grid is a kind of spherical overset grid that is composed of two identical component grids. The intrinsic simplicity of the mesh configuration of the Yin-Yang grid enables us to develop highly optimized simulation codes on massively parallel superc...

oxidative Medicine and celluar Longevity 227 Derived from classical Chinese philosophy and with frequent applications in Chinese medicine, " yin yang " has grown into an interesting concept that may have a number of applications. The term is usually used to depict the existence of polarizing or opposing forces in nature. Yet, the concept of " yin yang " can be much more involved, especially in ...

To investigate the association between apolipo-protein E (APOE) polymorphisms and insulin resistance and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndromes in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with macroangiopathy, 60 patients with T2DM macroangiopathy were enrolled and divided into three groups: dryness-heat due to deficiency of yin, Qi-Yin deficiency, and Yin-Yang deficiency, according to the TCM syn...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to validate the pattern identification standard of qi, blood, yin, and yang deficiency patterns diagnosis. The current study will investigate the usefulness of the Qi Blood Yin Yang deficiency pattern questionnaire as a diagnostic tool for qi, blood, yin, and yang deficiencies by assessing the agreement between the scores and a gold standard established by as...