Approach from the East
For over twenty-three centuries acupuncture and
the use of ginseng and other herbs have benefitted Asian peoples. Yet it is
only in the last two decades that most Americans have even heard of these
ancient healing practices.
There is not one single ironclad tradition of
Chinese medicine. Rather many schools of thought and various methods exist
which adhere to certain principles. The most basic of these principles is the
precept "As above, so below." Ancient Chinese philosophers initiated
the belief that humans ("below") are the microcosmic reflection of
the universe or macrocosm ("above"). As Beinfield and Korngold put
it, "Each of us is pictured as [being] an ecosystem as well as living
within one." This holographic dance takes place within a totality of
energy in which everything is connected to everything else. It is an energetic
interconnection known as the Tao (dao).
The Chinese believe that the true physician
teaches the Tao or the way to live in balance and harmony.
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