The Features and Functions of Yin-Yang Category in the Chinese Medical Context

Yin and Yang are very important Chinese traditional philosophical concepts,as well as the basic concept running through the whole Neidan theory.According to Chinese traditional philosophy,Yin and Yang are two opposite powers or phases,which also refer to two kinds of different but interrelated coming from two things interdependent and opposite.Chinese medical Yin and Yang philosophy is a medical methodology concerning a higher abstract,stronger differentiated thinking and more balance stressed,emphasizing the inner accordance and rules which is interchanging.