Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) views the human body as an organic unity. The sense of unity is based on the opposing yet complementary manner like yin and yang. The body’s organs and tissues are classified into yin and yang aspects based on their functions or locations, so that physicians can gain a closer look at the connections or interactions between different components of the body. For example, upper body versus lower body, body surface versus inter body, artery versus vein, structure versus function, absorption versus excretion, expiration versus inspiration, relaxation versus contraction, sensory system versus motor system and so on. The paired aspects are mutually controlled and interacted with each other, if one is dominant over the other part, trouble will arise.

Yin yang classifications of the body structures.

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