Yin and Yang

All science builds upon a paradigme – a worldview or a philosophical background – that is the foundation of the society in which the science arises and is developed. Chinese Medicine was born and raised in a country so fundamentally different from ours that we have to make an effort to understand the philosophical principals behind this paradigme to even begin to understand how the Chinese sees the human body and mind. One of these concepts (and in terms of Chinese Medicine maybe the most important one) is the concept of Yīn and Yáng. All physiology, pathology and treatment can always eventually be reduced to an understanding of the dynamics between Yīn and Yáng. 

One of the biggest challenges in passing on knowledge from one culture to another is the language barrier. It is impossible or at least unfulfilling to translate words and concepts that does not exist neither in the language nor the thinking of the people you want to explain it to. In my opinion some words should therefore not be translated but kept in their original form, to make sure nothing is lost in translation. Yīn and Yáng are among such words.

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