How can Yin and Yang theory be applied to Chinese Medicine?
Each organ in the body has an element of yin and yang within it. Some organs, such as the liver, are predominantly yang; others, such as the kidneys, are yin. Even though an organ may be predominantly yin or yang in nature, the balance of yin and yang is maintained throughout the body, because the sum total of yin and yang will be in balance. According to the theory, the body is not always in an exact balance of yin and yang. Even when the body is healthy, there may be subtle shifts from one state to the other. When a person gets angry, for instance, the yang state may dominate and when that person has calmed down and resumed to a peaceful state, yin may become dominant. It is perceived in TCM that illness is caused by an imbalance of yin and yang in the body. Basic treatment of diseases caused by the imbalance aims at replenishing depleted yin or yang, and it is through this process that the balance of yin and yang is restored. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners attempt to det
