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. 2021 Mar 1;9(3):257. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9030257

Table 1.

Meanings of “yin yang” within the regulatory context (adapted with permission from Greten, H. (2008). Copyright 2008 Heidelberg School of Chinese Medicine [10]).

“Yin” “Yang”
Bellow the target value Above the target value
Descending values, such as in downregulation Uprising values, such as in upregulation
Lack of substrate causing unstable regulation Functional, primordial regulatory problem