Greater+Yang+Temperament

Organs Involved
Small Intestine Bladder

Tendencies
High-strung, rebellious and acutely sensitive to criticism the Greater Yang child learns in adulthood to hide his or her tense nature and violent emotions and adopts a distant, condescending attitude toward others With a noble, proud appearance, piercing glance, and faultless memory for past events and slights, such a person is likely to be labeled a snob, often feels rejected, unfairly judged, or misunderstood

The Greater Yang person may embrace causes with a passion so great as to verge on fanatiscism, and may find it difficult to admit possible error This persons relationships can be stormy and dramatic, as he or she is a possessive jealous, and authoritarian lover.

The Greater Yang Type is articulate, persuasive, and honorable to duty.

Such an individual may be a fitful sleeper. Vulnerable to convulsions, epilepsy, and nosebleeds as a child This person as an adult will suffer from illnesses that always are acute or explosive, and will follow a treatment plan only if a close relationship with the doctor exists.

Dysfunctions
Stiff neck, tightness of the cervical region (where SI and BL meridians meet) and spine (SI-3), high blood pressure, constipation, diarrhea, Crohn's disease, urinary and prostate complaints, impotence, amennorrhea, Cushing's syndrome, ankylosing spondylarthritis, epilepsy, convulsions, vertigo, vertical occipital headaches, insomnia, psoriasis, eczema, acne on the forehead and upper back (SI and BL zones), paranoia, paranoid depressive states, Bladder meridian sciatica

Key Points
SI-3 BL-62 SI-12 BL-10