
What is Acupuncture in Fact? Yin and Yang
Author(s) -
Betul Battaloglu Inanc
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the annals of clinical and analytical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-663X
DOI - 10.4328/jcam.3398
Subject(s) - medicine , acupuncture , yin and yang , traditional medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , traditional chinese medicine
In the Chinese view, all manifestations are generated by the dynamic interplay of two polar forces. This idea is very old and many generations worked on the symbolism of the archetypal pair Yin and Yang until it became the fundamental concept of Chinese thought. Shiva, the Cosmic Dancer, is perhaps the most perfect personification of the dynamic universe. Through his dance, Shiva sustains the manifold phenomena in the world, unifying all things by immersing them in his rhythm and making them participate in the dancea magnificent image of the dynamic unity of the universe