The concept of balance related to health and imbalance related to disease is a belief of: Asian Americans.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been practiced in China for thousands of years and has seen minimal alteration. Its central idea is that a life energy known as Qi flows through the body.
Any Qi imbalance might result in sickness and disease. Most often, it is believed that this imbalance is brought on by a change in the opposing and complementing energies that make up the Qi.
They are referred to as yin and yang. It is thought that in order to recover equilibrium, you must strike a balance between your internal organs and the external elements of wood, metal, fire, and water.