Preferred Label : yin-yang;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH synonym : yin yang;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Yin and yang;
MeSH annotation : yang exuberance syndrome can go here, defic syndromes: index YIN DEFICIENCY or YANG
DEFICIENCY: see notes there;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin and yang;
Origin ID : D016709;
UMLS CUI : C0085256;
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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)
