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Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine ›› 2012, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (3): 237-248.doi: 10.3736/jcim20120301

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A Westerner’s question about traditional Chinese medicine: are the Yinyang concept and the Wuxing concept of equal philosophical and medical rank?

Hanjo Lehmann()   

  1. Deutsches Institut für TCM, Cranachstr. 1, D-12157 Berlin, GermanyDeutsches Institut für TCM, Cranachstr. 1, D-12157 Berlin, Germany
  • Received:2012-01-27 Accepted:2012-02-21 Online:2012-03-20 Published:2018-04-15

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Key words: Yin Yang, five-elements theory, traditional Chinese medicine

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