Category: The Principles Of TCM

35. The Principles of TCM. 1. Integrative Medicine

Jeonggisin (精氣神) is the basic unit structure of the human body in Oriental medicine. It is often compared to a candle. Jeong is like the body of the candle, qi is like the flame burning in the candle, and God is explained as the light emitted from the flame.   In other words, essence refers…
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36. The Principles of TCM. 2. Correspondence between man and universe

The correspondence between heaven and man is interpreted as ‘the heavens and people react to each other.’ Cheon (天) means the principle of nature or the universe, and people and nature react, change, and resemble each other through each other. Unlike Western ideas that separate nature and humans and view nature as an object of…
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37. The Principles of TCM. 3. Biological clock

It is said that this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine went to the scientist who discovered the mechanism of the biological clock. The biological clock is a theory that all living things recognize light, set their own time accordingly, and maintain an optimal physiological state by carrying out various physiological metabolism based on this set…
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38. The Principles of TCM. 4. Origin-Analogue Theory

In Oriental medicine, physiological and pathological phenomena are explained and treated using same sex correspondence’, which means that sounds of the same frequency react to each other, and ‘simultaneous energy’, which means that people with the same energy get along well with each other. Apply to. In general, it is said that eating animal liver…
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39. The Principles of TCM. 5. Governing exterior to infer interior

It is known that about 2,400 years ago, a doctor named Pyeonjak (扁鵲) was able to clearly examine the five organs and six parts of a person just by looking at them as if taking a CT or MRA. In this way, knowing the disease just by looking at its appearance was called Shin, knowing…
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40. The Principles of TCM. 6. Analogism

In the I Ching (易經), there is a concept called ‘Rigi Sangsu (理氣象数, 以象爲本)’. In Eastern philosophy, all things in the universe exist as a combination of Li and Qi. Li is the rules and basic laws of Mother Nature, and Qi refers to the actions performed according to those laws. However, both Li and…
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41. The Principles of TCM. 7. The Great ultimate

In the cosmology of Oriental studies, Wuji (無極) refers to the state in which only energy is concentrated before the creation of all things. Taiji means that a wave is finally born from such a Wuji state. In other words, Taegeuk means the phenomenal world in a state where energies are expressed and harmonized in…
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42. The Principles of TCM. 8. Yin and Yang 1

In Huangdineijing; 黃帝內經, there is a saying: ‘Cure disease, root disease, yin and yang’ (治於陰陽). When treating a disease, you must find the cause of the disease, which means that the root lies in the harmony of yin and yang. Treatment is about finding the cause that caused the symptom-based on regular knowledge (eating habits,…
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43. The Principles of TCM. 9. Yin and Yang 2

Yin and yang refer to natural phenomena that contradict each other and complement each other at the same time, as revealed through ancient people’s observation of nature. For example, heaven and earth, sun and moon, day and night, summer and winter, man and woman, above and below, fire and water, life and death, etc. Without…
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44. The Principles of TCM. 10. Yin and Yang 3

Yin and yang in equilibrium. Homeostasis Yin and yang (陰陽) are opposing concepts, but are interdependent entities that cannot be completely divided. In Oriental medicine, essence is a liquid with a shape and belongs to yin, and qi belongs to yang, which cannot be seen but constantly moves through the body. Jeong and Qi, Qi…
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