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In many ways, the study of Oriental Medicine is dependent on the study
of China and Chinese thought just as the study of Western Science is dependent
on the Aristotelian Excluded Middle. That is something is either
A or B, but not both. Chinese/Daoist thought says that something
can be A or B or some portion of both. Additionally, Chinese thought
is permeated with the concept of change. Everything changes.
How we manage those changes determines the changing state of our health.
Daoism (Taoism)
has had a great influence on Chinese medicine in terms of its theory and
development. My studies of the Yi
Jing (I Ching)
lead me to Daoism and I found that one of the tenets of the Daoist was
to be a healer as well as be studied in the Martial
Arts. This make sense in that the fighting of a disease is like
the fighting of a battle. While it is well to say today "Can we all
get along?", when you have pneumonia, you want to rid the body of it not
seek a mutual co-existence.
Links
Asian
Studies WWW VL
China
WWW VL - Internet Guide for China Studies (ANU/Heidelberg Univ.): Main
Page
Chinese
Learner's Alternative Site
Asian
Studies WWW Monitor
Chinese
Type Contemporary Art Magazine
China
Entertainment News
Atlas
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http://philo.ucdavis.edu/CHINESE/online.htm
Yamada
Chinese WWW guide
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