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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a theoretical medical system founded about three thousand years ago, originated from the richness of Chinese culture with the support and development of ancient astronomy and the Taoist philosophy of heaven and man. It has revealed many mysteries and illuminated interactions between nature and human beings. Those mysteries have not been easily understood by the public because TCM's conceptual system differs in form and essence from modern sciences. In modern times, some of the mysterious processes have been gradually discovered or confirmed by an advanced science: quantum physics. Quantum science is considered to break through basic concepts of mechanistic science, thus providing an entry to understanding of Chinese culture and TCM theories. Some experimental results of contemporary quantum physics shake the foundations of conventional scientific concepts. For example, quantum mechanics theory helps expand the limits of three-dimensional observations. It helps explain the phenomena that the consciousness with certain human functions interfere some experimental results. Viewing new things in a high-dimensional time-space framework helps people understand the real and virtual characteristics and their interaction; this leads to understanding the function of advanced human wisdom and intelligence in dealing with more complex objects (systems) such as the universe, the human body, life itself and consciousness. It may help people in developing simple models of the complex world and is believed more conducive to grasping the essence of human life and gradually removing the veil over many wonderful phenomena of Chinese culture and TCM. For example, TCM's 'Imagery Analogism' is attained in the quiet state of well-trained meditation practitioners. Their intuition and inspiration have significant advantages in understanding complexity of objects such as the universe, human body, life, and consciousness. The methodology of thinking helps to derive simple models so as to better grasp the essence of complex objects. Many phenomena of Chinese culture and TCM acupuncture remain incompletely understood. This paper selects a few examples to discuss, including human consciousness and sub-consciousness, human body's energy system, invisible qi, functional phenomena as well as special functions of the heart and Triple Energizer (Three Jiao) in six Fu organs. The 'new finding of an unrecognized interstitium in human tissues' as declared by a group of Western scholars is actually referring to Triple Energizer that had already been revealed and written in Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine) three thousand years ago. Both the concept and functions of Triple Energizer have been utilized throughout TCM clinical practices. Through the discussion, the authors attempt to explain the superiority of TCM theories, to strengthen the confidence for TCM innovation and Chinese culture because they believe that offering an integration of TCM practice into the public health and life science would advance human wellbeing and pave a right path for TCM mission and development.
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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM),a theoretical medical system founded about three thousand years ago,originated from the richness of Chinese culture with the support and development of ancient astronomy and philosophy.It has illuminated many mysteries of nature and the human body.This has not always been easy for the layperson to understand.In modern times,some of these processes have been gradually discovered or confirmed by frontier science.The experiments of quantum physics have shaken the fundamental concepts of conventional science,refuting criticism of Chinese culture and TCM theories.The new discoveries have triggered a new understanding of TCM theories.For example,the theory of quantum mechanics interfering with certain human functions helps explain a series of phenomena that were previously difficult to understand.The veil of many wonderful phenomena of Chinese culture and TCM acupuncture has not yet been fully pierced.For example,the body's energy system,the invisible qi,and the phenomenon of consciousness and subconscious function remain mysterious.However,quantum theory and numerous scientific experiments can lead to the explanations of difficult problems which were not understood in the past.For example,the nature of the changes in yin and yang,and associated principles;the five-element principles;consciousness and sub-consciousness which might affect scientific experiments and treatment outcomes;the objective existence of qi and qi field;and the essence of the meridian system in the human body and the principles of acupuncture.This article explores the scientific principles of TCM and acupuncture.The unique characteristics of TCM and acupuncture position themselves as Eastern cultural treasures.The authors endeavor to strengthen readers' confidence in theoretical TCM and believe that it is a major step in integrating TCM acupuncture into modern science and medicine.
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Objetivo: hacer una reflexión sobre la tendencia de la legislación colombiana que regula el ejercicio médico, cada vez más impregnada del positivismo de Lombroso, Ferri y Garofalo, seguidores de la corriente determinista de Newton-Laplace, según la cual todo es pronosticable.Tesis: la medicina es una de las disciplinas humanas con más alta probabilidad de producir beneficios o desenlaces aleatorios.Conclusiones: la normatividad debe estar embebida de la prudencia que le es propia, para no sitiar a los profesionales de la medicina.
Objective: To reflect on Colombian legislation regulating medical practice, increasingly permeated by the positivism of Lombroso, Ferri and Garofalo, followers of Newton's and La Place's deterministic think ing according to which every thing is predictable.Thesis: Among human sciences, some of the highest odds of producing random benefits or outcomes are found in medicine.Conclusions: Regulations must be imbued with the wisdom inherent to them in order to avoid placing medical practitioners under siege.
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Masculino , Adulto , Femenino , Legislación Médica , Teoría Cuántica , IncertidumbreRESUMEN
From neurophenomenological perspectives, schizophrenia has been conceptualized as "a disorder with heterogeneous manifestations that can be integrally understood to involve fundamental perturbations in consciousness". While these theoretical constructs based on consciousness facilitate understanding the 'gestalt' of schizophrenia, systematic research to unravel translational implications of these models is warranted. To address this, one needs to begin with exploration of plausible biological underpinnings of "perturbed consciousness" in schizophrenia. In this context, an attractive proposition to understand the biology of consciousness is "the orchestrated object reduction (Orch-OR) theory" which invokes quantum processes in the microtubules of neurons. The Orch-OR model is particularly important for understanding schizophrenia especially due to the shared 'scaffold' of microtubules. The initial sections of this review focus on the compelling evidence to support the view that "schizophrenia is a disorder of consciousness" through critical summary of the studies that have demonstrated self-abnormalities, aberrant time perception as well as dysfunctional intentional binding in this disorder. Subsequently, these findings are linked with 'Orch-OR theory' through the research evidence for aberrant neural oscillations as well as microtubule abnormalities observed in schizophrenia. Further sections emphasize the applicability and translational implications of Orch-OR theory in the context of schizophrenia and elucidate the relevance of quantum biology to understand the origins of this puzzling disorder as "fundamental disturbances in consciousness".
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Biología , Estado de Conciencia , Microtúbulos , Neuronas , Teoría Cuántica , Esquizofrenia , Percepción del TiempoRESUMEN
La relación mente-cerebro es el concepto que intentamos establecer desde la química, la biología y la física cuántica, para llegar a las funciones mentales, para tal efecto nos valemos, entre otras disciplinas, de la del pensamiento complejo (ciencia de la complejidad). De todas formas, nos abocamos con el hecho de cómo el cerebro programa la información. Todos estos fenómenos requieren de una explicación, y luego de una demostración para llegar a la evidencia.
This paper is a reflection on the mind-brain relationship. The author approaches mental functions beginning with some considerations based on chemistry, biology and quantum physics. With the aid of complex thought (the science of complexity), questions such as how the brain carries out information programming are tackled. It shows how all these phenomena require an explanation to begin with, and then a demonstration that makes them plain.