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12       Opinion                                                                                       April 1, 2020  Vol. 13  Hani Times
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                    Uncertainty and Fuzzy Logic and Acupuncture



                 Acupuncturists Understand a Patient as Whole Living Creature with Soul




                                                                                          that treatment of a symptom  acupuncture treatments are not
                                                                                          resolves other symptoms including  limited to physical symptoms.
                                                                                          chief complaints.          It cures physical pains as well
                                                                                          Acupuncture treatment could  as psychological issues.
                                                                                          be understood as fuzzy by  Modern society faces its limit.
                                                                                          conventional medicine. But  People think we can replace
                                                                                          the fuzzy way of diagnosis  or create the human body
                                                                                          has been developed through  or the universe with modern
                                                                                          trial and error and cumulated  technology, but this has not
                                                                                          experiences for the ultimate  been always successful. There
                                                                                          result. Some compare a medical  are consequences to such hubris
                                                                                          doctor as a mechanic and the  and created side effects from
                                                                                          other considers an acupuncturist  arrogancy.
                                                                                          as a gardener. Mechanics replace  The recent worldwide spread
                                                                                          parts but gardeners tend to and  of the Coronavirus is one of the
                                                                                          care for the trees and flower  side effects of humans' believe
                                                                                          rather than digging them out.  we believe that we can create
                                                                                          There are different approaches  everything we need by using
         △ Acupuncturists diagnose through observing conditions of facial color, tongue, pulse, and   for treatment among an  modern technology. Now is
         questions to gather various aspects of information that are representing the current condition
         of the patient. imageⓒshutterstock_Stock-Asso                                    acupuncturist and a medical  the time for applying Fuzzy
                                                                                          doctor.                    and Uncertainty theories to
                                   Heisenberg and the uncertainty   symptoms that the patient does  Acupuncture will be needed  the U.S. healthcare system to
                                   principle states that the more   not recognize. It is not a rare case  more than ever because  resolve issues.
                                   precisely the position of some
                                   particle is determined, the less
                                   precisely its momentum can be   I-Ching (易經) and the philosophy of Eastern
                                   predicted from initial conditions,                   Organic Medicine
                                   and vice versa.
                                   Fuzzy logic is a form of many-
        By David Park, Founder of   valued logic in which the truth   By Simon Kim, Professor,
        South Baylo University     values of variables may be any   South Baylo University
                                   real number between 0 and 1
        We have reviewed differences and  both inclusive. It is employed
        similarities between conventional  to handle the concept of partial   In the introduction of this   Eui, Ji, Sim, Sa, Ryo, Zi (Korean   and Earth within me is the Qi
        science, new science, and  truth, where the truth value   series of column, I asked   style pronunciation: 意志心思  (天之在我者德也, 地之在我者氣
                                                                 readers whether you believe   慮智) However, one missing   也: 靈樞 本神).
        acupuncture theory.        may range between completely
                                                                 the existence of Qi or not.   letter ‘Virtue (德)’ is located   It is only to humans that the
        Conventional scientific theories  true and completely false. By
                                                                 Through the last 11 articles   in front of these 12 letters.   heavens and the earth are
        began with the premise, whether  contrast, in Boolean logic, the
                                                                 from May 2019 to March 2020,   The reality of Qi depends on   united together as one. The
        we recognize it or not, that reality  truth values of variables may   I tried to persuade the so-  the very virtue of Heaven   same roots of I-Ching and Asian
        exists. And the purpose of the  only be the integer values   called Qi Realism; organic   and Earth. The Virtue of   medicine (醫易同源) signifies
        study should be a process to  0 or 1. The term fuzzy logic   qi, life-laden jingqi as an   Heaven and the beginning   a very profound meaning. The
        find the ultimate reality.  was introduced with the 1965   ultimate entity of nature.   of cosmos coincide. The first   philosophical illumination
                                                                 In order to comprehend the   diagram of I-Ching, Geon (乾),   of Eastern Organic medicine
        Unlike conventional scientific  proposal of the fuzzy set theory
                                                                 phenomena of cosmic nature   implies the creative virtue of   based on the world view of the
        theories, new scientific theories  by Lotfi Zadeh. Fuzzy logic is
                                                                 which contains matter, life,   myriad things (大哉乾元 萬物  I-Ching will open a new field
        claim there is no such ultimate  based on the observation that   and spirit, we need to accept   資始). The second diagram of   of integrated medicine in the
        reality. As much as we understand  people make decisions based on   the Pan-Experientialism (  I-Ching, Gon (坤), connotates   21st century. Because it assumes
        and recognize is a boundary for  imprecise and non-numerical   凡經驗主義). Because all the   the begetting virtue of myriad   the nature of healing organism,
        precepting as reality.     information.                  natural being including   things (至哉坤元 萬物資生). The   including life, emotion, mind,
                                                                 homo sapiens experience   I-Ching world view echoed in   soul, and spirit, beyond the
        Modern society is considered  The theory of uncertainty and
                                                                 great nature not just as a   the philosophy of organism   material view of physiology in
        an age of uncertainty. This  fuzzy theory could be applied
                                                                 material entity.          and the systems view in the   Western medicine. The following
        expression was from John  or represented to acupuncture
                                                                 This is not just my personal   works of Fritjof Capra, and   comments from Needham are
        Kenneth Galbraith’s book, The  theory.                   idea, but it has plenty of   the deep ecology of Andrew   suggestive and provocative
        Age of Uncertainty. And the  Conventional medicine treats   philosophical references in   McLaughlin. The disciple of   for the future science and
        phrase is widely used in many  a symptom found through   the classical cannons such as   Thomas Berry, Bryan Swimme,   medicine.
        fields of study now.       diagnosis. But acupuncture    the I-Ching and the Hwangti   brilliantly addressed this kind   “The great triumph of early
                                                                 Neijing. Gyesa of I-Ching (繫  of cosmology in his book of   modern natural science was
        In the scientific field, the  theory requires examinations
                                                                 辭傳) said that Jingqi produces   ‘the universe story’.   possible on the assumption
        uncertainty principle and Fuzzy  of a patient’s overall conditions
                                                                 the myriad things (精氣爲物)   Macro cosmos, the Heaven (天),   of a mechanical universe, but
        logic have been widely accepted  by performing tongue diagnosis,   and that begetting life is called   connected to micro cosmos, the   the time was to come when
        to understand, explain, and  pulse diagnosis and observation   the principle of I (生生之謂易).   Earth (地). Human being (人)   the growth of knowledge
        predict phenomena of modern  of patient’s posture, facial color,   The physiology of Eastern   born to live between them. So,   necessitated the adoption of
        society which is filled with full  etc. An acupuncturist should not   Medicine could be interpreted   man is equipped with the virtue   a more organic philosophy no
                                                                 via 12 letters of Bonshin of   of Heaven and the Qi of Earth   less naturalistic than atomic
        of uncertainty.            be focused on the symptom that
                                                                 Hwangti Neijing: Qi, Life, Jing,   (天德地氣). Therefore, Qibo (岐  materialism. (Joseph Needham,
        The uncertainty principle was  the patient complains about.
                                                                 Shen, Hun, Po (Chinese style   伯) answered to Hwangti that   Science and Civilisation in
        introduced first in 1927, by the  Acupuncturist tries to find the
                                                                 pronunciation: 氣生精神魂魄),   Heaven within me is Virtue   China II, p. 505)
        German physicist, Werner K  root cause reason and related
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