Yin and Yang in the West

by Adam Tate, September, 2019 ‘Two natural principles of life are laid down by the Chinese, viz. vital heat and radical moisture, of which theSpirits [Qi] and the Blood are the vehicles.They call the Vital Heat Yang, and theRadical Moisture Yin’.(The Chinese Traveller, 1772) Introduction One of the great attractions to Chinese Medicine are some…