Talk:Meridian (Chinese medicine)

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A small typo mistake in the Human Body Meridians

There is a small typo mistake in the diagram picture of the Meridian System. "LV - Liver Meridian 1 - 3 AM" must be under "Leg Yin Meridians & Shichen"; meanwhile "PE - Pericardium Meridian 7 - 9 PM" must be under "Arm Yin Meridians & Shichen". In another word, positions of theses two channels should be reversed. This change will be consistent with content in the table below in the page of these two yin meridian channels of liver (link to foot) and pericardium (link to hand).

Introduction is biased and reductionist

If we want to accept reality, the scientist must not forget about all parts of reality. Only because scientists don't have technology or capacity of measuring and proving the existence of energy bodies now, it does not prove they don't exist. As in year 1200 it was not possible to show an exam analyzing the blood to a king, however a lot of information was there already in blood, hidden because they didn't have machines yet. Is it a fallacy that blood have more complex behavior than 1200 scientists could affirm? It is obvious that science is always questioning now because it is by nature limited in its time and looking for material tools or results to prove in future, what the rational mind sees as hypothesis now. Present this whole system as something scientists have not proved and showing it as something people don't comprehend is forgetting reality of thousands of years, applying theory in practice with humans. Chinese Medicine looks for balance and harmony. (Isn't this also the goal of science?) Should we wait more 1000 years for science to finally prove that we must make our organs happy to impact psychologically our state of spirit and generate more states of health, impacting our homes, our societies, making everything peace. This introduction is disrespecting with a lot of knowledge that is already proven, but not by the machines. People, the more realistic thing on earth - the life lived - have used this and saw the effects on body. Even traditional psychology after Freud, started Body Psychology and Bioenergetics, starting to view in the ocidental mind this millennia ideas. This is important because it is medicine for the poor. Free knowledge about observing body trhu years and years. Why the introduction of the theme should give more reason to the limited point of view that makes it useless? Why talking about this idea as if reality was only what you have scans of? Only after science approves can we talk about this deep ideas? are we in witch trials =D ? Science = AKA science POV from occidental scientists in higienist labs that hate thinking about something useful in knowledge from India, China, Afrika, etc! No, science is backup for understanding more and more. we should talk about this knowledge as if we want to understand and connect to this science. Natural selection permits this knowledge to be here because it lasted thousands of years, millions of people use in daily life and test this, there are several practical exercises to people to see by experience, several countries recognize this as part of medicine, it's free. The article about the subject has to show all points of view!!!

This is the text: "Meridians are not real anatomical structures: scientists have found no evidence that supports their existence. One historian of medicine in China says that the term is "completely unsuitable and misguided, but nonetheless it has become a standard translation." Major proponents of their existence have not come to any consensus as to how they might work or be tested in a scientific context."

About proving: no problem, as for what is infinite, what animates the body for the first time, what forms consciousness, what are dreams, what is the universe, how to cure all sickness, how to give food to everybody, how to free all enslaved people, what to do with the climate changes, what to to with garbage, all questions not answered. It is not a problem to say it is not proven or they are not material. But after that have to present more about the subject in the opposite POV.

This introduction should explain more about this channels as energetic wire, and presenting the importance of the theme which is Integrative Medicine, know your body, understanding the real goal here: balance between health and psychological states of mind generates happiness. This is presenting what the term has to offer, not being the hungman for alien ideas. Nicollyferreirap (talk) 14:55, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the "your science can't measure my woo" argument. It's silly. Wikipedia reflects reliable sources. Bon courage (talk) 15:24, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]