TITLE:
Tao and Golden Ratio: A Scientific View of Contemporary Acupunctural Principles through Geometry
AUTHORS:
Adrián Ángel Inchauspe, Erica Arakaki
KEYWORDS:
Five Elements, Soliton, Golden Ratio, Tao Diagram
JOURNAL NAME:
Chinese Medicine,
Vol.14 No.3,
August
14,
2023
ABSTRACT: It is universally accepted that the philosophy of the Tao is the essence that
animates the Chinese Cosmogony. Therefore, in last decades I have tried to consolidate
its scientific background, looking for solid explanations through Exact Sciences
(“Between Heaven and Earth” Scientific
Basis of the Action of Shao Yin: Lightning’s Physical-Mathematical
Analysis”; “Is Traditional Chinese Medicine Definitely an Exact Science?”; “Euclidean Geometry and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Diving into
the Real Origin of the Five Elements”; “Solitons: A Cutting-Edge Scientific Proposal
Explaining the Mechanisms of Acupuntural Action”) Currently, research on Chinese medicine leads
us—with Dr. Erica Arakaki, collaborator and assistant—to verify through a profound
bibliographic review the application of Fibonacci’s Golden Ratio in the constitution
of T’ai Ji Tu, adding yet more substance to the hypothesis
of Acupuncture and demonstrating how said Chinese Ancient Science is not only an
empirical knowledge but a wisdom derived from the most ancient exact science: Geometry.