Connecting Western and Eastern Medicine from an Energy Perspective

Although Western medicine and Eastern medicine are worlds apart, there is a striking overlap in the basic principle of these types of medicine when we look at them from the perspective of energy. In both worlds, opposing forces provide the energy that flows through networks in an organism, which fue...

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Main Authors:	Ming Zhang, Mohamed Moalin, Lily Vervoort, Zheng Wen Li, Wen Bo Wu, Guido Haenen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:	International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:	western medicine eastern medicine opposing forces redox Yin–Yang resilience
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/6/1512

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spelling	doaj-f3101b5fa58341d7a371c193005ba71e2020-11-25T00:55:53ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1422-00672019-03-01206151210.3390/ijms20061512ijms20061512Connecting Western and Eastern Medicine from an Energy PerspectiveMing Zhang0Mohamed Moalin1Lily Vervoort2Zheng Wen Li3Wen Bo Wu4Guido Haenen5Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The NetherlandsAlthough Western medicine and Eastern medicine are worlds apart, there is a striking overlap in the basic principle of these types of medicine when we look at them from the perspective of energy. In both worlds, opposing forces provide the energy that flows through networks in an organism, which fuels life. In this concept, health is the ability of an organism to maintain the balance between these opposing forces, i.e., homeostasis (West) and harmony (East), which creates resilience. Moreover, strategies used to treat diseases are strikingly alike, namely adjusting the flow of energy by changing the connections in the network. The energy perspective provides a basis to integrate Eastern and Western medicine, and opens new directions for research to get the best of both worlds.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/6/1512western medicineeastern medicineopposing forcesredoxYin–Yangresilience
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author	Ming Zhang Mohamed Moalin Lily Vervoort Zheng Wen Li Wen Bo Wu Guido Haenen
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title	Connecting Western and Eastern Medicine from an Energy Perspective
title_short	Connecting Western and Eastern Medicine from an Energy Perspective
title_full	Connecting Western and Eastern Medicine from an Energy Perspective
title_fullStr	Connecting Western and Eastern Medicine from an Energy Perspective
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publisher	MDPI AG
series	International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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publishDate	2019-03-01
description	Although Western medicine and Eastern medicine are worlds apart, there is a striking overlap in the basic principle of these types of medicine when we look at them from the perspective of energy. In both worlds, opposing forces provide the energy that flows through networks in an organism, which fuels life. In this concept, health is the ability of an organism to maintain the balance between these opposing forces, i.e., homeostasis (West) and harmony (East), which creates resilience. Moreover, strategies used to treat diseases are strikingly alike, namely adjusting the flow of energy by changing the connections in the network. The energy perspective provides a basis to integrate Eastern and Western medicine, and opens new directions for research to get the best of both worlds.
topic	western medicine eastern medicine opposing forces redox Yin–Yang resilience
url	https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/6/1512
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Connecting Western and Eastern Medicine from an Energy Perspective

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