PSYC 3240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Tempus Fugit, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Common Cold
15 Apr 2017
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Many alternative therapies involve forces or energy fields or other concepts that are contrary to what science says about the world. Complementary medicine same, but sounds less oppositional to science-based medicine. Very similar to parapsychological beliefs, but related to health. Central to most alternative medicine is vital force: the supposed animating force within living beings, disease believed to result from an imbalance in vital force. There are many other alternative or complementary systems. Most make no sense in terms of our scientific understanding of the world. Lao-tzu: great chinese philosopher (lived several centuries bce), father of qi gong ( chee gung ), manipulation of qi to promote health, cure illness. Qi ( chee ): ancient chinese concept, vital force flowing through invisible meridians in the body, keeping a person alive. In addition to healing, qi gong has other manifestations: martial art, religious/spiritual/ philosophical, tai chi shares the belief in qi.
