I Ching is so simple. The simplicity itself helps to generalize
comprehensively most natural phenomena and human activity. As we found in the
Supplementary Notes of I-Ching again “It is so easy and it is so simple but it induce
all the details of Nature”.Among different
learning, Medicine is one of the most important and is closely related to our daily life.
According to the “Tai Chi: Yin.Yang” framework, our life can be differentiate to
two different main area “Mind” and “Body”. To maintain the Health of
Life, we need to maintain the fitness for both of them. We need learning to regulate us
how to keep our “Mind” and “Body” fit and they are
“Philosophy” for our “Mind” (Yang) and “Medicine” for our
“Body” (Yin). Traditional Chinese Medicine is developed with this theory
undermined, and that is why we had to refer to “I Ching” when we talk about
Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Another historical reason is that, in ancient time,
frequently the people who study theory of Medicine are also the people who study
Philosophy (Seeking “Tao”). They are called “Taoist”. They make their
living sometimes by Imperial Subsidies and sometimes by consulting patients. Their main
objective in Philosophy is Seeking Tao (The Way) and the best proof of its correctness is
“To stay healthily alive forever”.
That is why so often when we encounter some problems in
the theory of Chinese Medicine. We can find our answer or solution in the theory of I
Ching.
