Japanese Medicine

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2,500 years ago, in the mountains of Northern China, Taoist priests practiced Qi labeling it the vital life force. They believed that this source was inseperable from life itself. Through Traditional Chinese medicine it is phylosophized that Qi is displayed as both yin “interior”, and yang “exterior”. According to the Chinese Qi exists in all opposites we experience, such as hot and cold, and night and day. Although yin and yang are looked upon as opposites, they are actually inseperable. The recognition of one is necessary to the recognition of the other. This view of the world leads them to believe that yin/yang makes up the universe in the form of five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Qi flows into our bodies, up from the earth in its yin form and down from the heavens in its yang form. The energy channels in our bodies through which it moves are called “meridians”. These meridians don’t directly go along with any anatomical component used by Western ...

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