In Chinese philosophy and religion, two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang), from whose interaction all things are produced and all things are dissolved. As a concept the two polar elements referred originally to the shady and sunny sides of a valley or a hill but it developed into the relationship of any contrasting pair: those specified above (female-male, etc.) as well as cold-hot, wet-dry, weak-strong, etc. It is not a distinct system of thought by itself but permeates Chinese life and thought. A balance of yin and yang is essential to health. A deficiency of either principle can manifest as disease. (Encyclopedia Americana)

Annotation

yang exuberance syndrome can go here, defic syndromes: index YIN DEFICIENCY or YANG DEFICIENCY: see notes there

sem patří syndrom nadbytku jang, pro syndromy nedostatku: indexuj pomocí NEDOSTATEK JIN nebo NEDOSTATEK JANG: viz poznámky

DUI

D016709 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0025449

Previous indexing

Medicine, Chinese Traditional (1968-1991)

History note

92

Public note

92