Characterlistics of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Reviewed from The Perspective of Oriental Medicine.
10.3777/jjsam.45.225
- VernacularTitle:東洋医学の生命観からみたしん灸医学の特徴について
- Author:
Tadashi YANO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine;
Oriental Medicine;
Care;
Organicism;
Mechanism
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1995;45(4):225-231
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
The limitations of science based on a mechanistic paradigm has been noted in various fields such as politics, economy, science and so on. A paradigm based on organicism is worth considering instead of the mechanistic paradigm.
In the field of medicine, as in other fields, the quality of medicine has required perspective based on organicism.
The organicism of oriental medicine was origenally based on a paradigm of organicism. Especially acupuncture and moxibustion are unique therapies in which the therapy is based on the concept that mind and body unite a single entity, and the principle of therapy is the activation of the natutal healing power using acupuncture needles and moxa. In acupuncture and moxibustion medicine based on organicism, holistic medicine is performed from the perspective of treating the whole patient.
Practicing acupuncture and moxibustion with these considerations is a fascinating medicine for human being and it is a hopeful new medicine for the next generation.
