Topic guide · Relationships in context
Two complementary terms for understanding relative qualities and changing relationships.
In context
Yin and yang describe relative qualities. Context tells us which comparison is being made; change tells us how a relationship moves over time.
Start here · Core readings
Start with what Yin and Yang mean, then explore their four core relationships.
Yin & Yang
Learn what Yin and Yang mean in Traditional Chinese Medicine, why their qualities are relative, and how comparison changes the way they are understood.
ReadYin & Yang
Understand four core Yin–Yang relationships in Traditional Chinese Medicine: opposition and restraint, interdependence, waxing and waning, and transformation.
ReadYin & Yang
Yin & Yang
Understand four core Yin–Yang relationships in Traditional Chinese Medicine: opposition and restraint, interdependence, waxing and waning, and transformation.
ReadYin & Yang
Learn what Yin and Yang mean in Traditional Chinese Medicine, why their qualities are relative, and how comparison changes the way they are understood.
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