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Paper short abstract:

Qi is a life force.A psychophysical energy that generates emotions and materializes qi transformations from endogenous organs. “Qi comes into being as the concrete manifestation of spacetime”. Can modern technology detect the mobility of this life force? A case study shows how absurd this can be.

Paper long abstract:

Qi is an animating life force. A psychophysical energy that generates human emotions, feelings and humour. Qi from the humoral acutracts originates from the endogenous organs and then liaises with the body’s extremities. A classicist TCM practitioner Chen Ding San, drew a circular and quadratic diagram that explores the origins of Chinese medicine. The circular diagram represents ‘time’ while the square diagram represents ‘space.With the unity of space and time, “qi comes into being as the concrete manifestation of spacetime” [John Major]. Chinese medicine identifies 'seven emotions' of happiness, anger, worry, pensiveness, sadness, fear and terror as normal human spiritual expressions. Sudden emotional outburst like being too angry or too sad can affect the circulation of qi. To address clinical patterns brought about by extremes of emotions, TCM prescribes balancing.This is the emergent therapeutic practice of ‘Eastern Psychophysical Therapy’. I present a case of someone suffering from a disharmony in the flow of his gall bladder meridian qi to whom I administered chronoacupuncture. After his therapy, Tony rang back saying health authorities asked that he undergo quarantine.I asked myself:how can they quarantine a psychophysical energetic qi flow embedded in the body of a human or a non-human microbe?Anthropologist Philippe Descolla pointed out: “for thousands of years,viruses,microbes,animals,plants...have all shared the feast of life (sometimes tragically) for us. The idea that we can leave the chain of life and live in a bubble of isolation is absurd.”