JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.src.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div>
<button id="button">Flip Y Axis</button>
<div id="report"></div>

JavaScript

$(function () {
  var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
    chart: {
      renderTo: 'container'
    },
    xAxis: {
      categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
    },
    yAxis: {
      reversed: false
    },
    series: [{
      data: [29.9, 71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4]
    }]
  });

var reversed = chart.options.yAxis.reversed;
    
  // the button action
  $('#button').click(function () {

     chart.yAxis[0].update({
            reversed: !reversed
        });     
    
     reversed = !reversed;
  });
});