Manfred Porkert in his "The Theoretical Foundations of
Chinese Medicine. System of Correspondences."explains in his very first
paragraph some very precious point about Chinese Medicine:
"Chinese Medicine, like other Chinese sciences, defines
data on basis of the inductive mode of cognition."Inductive" corresponds to a
logical link between two effective positions existing at the same time in
different places in space. (Conversely, causality is the logical link between
two effective positions given at different times at the same place in space.)
In other words, effects based on positions that are separate
in space yet simultaneous in time are mutually inductive and thus called
inductive and thus called inductive effects."
TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) is "inductive and
synthetic as opposed to casual and analytic mode of cognition (...)"
. How than could we use analytic
thinking to explain TCM.
We cannot, it is
absurd from the start, yet modern medicine and scientist try over and over
again to prove and explain the Classical Oriental Medicine to make everybody
happy and comfortable. Unfortunately
this is a blind path until we realize that it is OK to use different model to
explain something.
I am grateful for this book form Dr Manfred Porkert as
well as for Dr Warren Fisher who introduced it at a TCM Seminar in 2011. This
book description of Qi (as relationship) yin and yang as qualifiers etc, have
grounded Oriental Medicine for us "illiterate" doctors of this
medicine from the West, us who understand some but do not read fluently Chinese
or other language of the Orient.
Happy reading!
