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MORANT FALSELY TRANSLATED QI and MERIDIAN!
De Morant returned to France after his time in China with the intention of teaching Chinese medicine to French physicians. Conveniently, he promoted the idea that Chinese medicine didn’t require an understanding of anatomy and physiology. After all, de Morant was a bank clerk – not a physician – and had no medical training or qualifications to teach medicine at all.
But de Morant did know something about Ayurveda, the traditional Indian medicine based on the idea of energy called “prana” flowing through invisible lines called “nadis”. De Morant applied these concepts to Chinese medicine, even though they are not found in the Huangdi Neijing (HDNJ) or any other classical Chinese medical text.
The main problem with de Morant’s version of Chinese medicine was his representation of qi as “energy”. Almost all of the misunderstanding about Chinese medicine revolves around this mistranslation – which continues to be used despite historical facts that clearly contradict it.
Paul Unschuld, a respected Chinese studies scholar, notes that “the core Chinese concept of qi bears no resemblance to the Western concept of ‘energy’.” 1Schnorrenberger, another prominent scholar of Chinese medicine, also notes that qi is “certainly not equivalent to the Western term ‘energy’.” 2
De Morant himself admitted that he translated qi as energy, “for lack of a better word.” 3
Therefore, the commonly accepted idea in the west that Chinese medicine is an energetic, metaphysical medicine was singlehandedly created by a French bank clerk with no training in medicine or ancient Chinese language. It is neither historically accurate nor consistent with modern scientific understanding of the body.
True Qi is in fact, Vital Air - the Oxygen of Air, and Gu Qi is the Vital Nutrients in blood. Further, are the Hormonal and other Chemical factors carried by the Vessels.Jing Luo (Meridian) is accurately translated VESSEL- Including Nerves, not mysterious Energy Channels.
Why does anyone care whether Chinese anatomy and physiology are explained as energy flowing through meridians, or by the circulation of blood, nutrients, other vital substances, and vital air (qi) through the vascular system? The answer to that lies in the moral obligation of every practitioner to provide each patient with the latest medical understanding available.
The need to continually search for the truth is the most fundamental principle of science and medicine… Research so far shows that the true concepts of Chinese Medicine operate under known physiological principles, involving the complex organization of the neural, vascular, endocrine, and somatic systems, sustained by the circulation of nutrients, vital substances, and oxygen from vital air.”
– Donald E, Kendall, “Dao of Chinese Medicine” (2002)
“It is a fact that more than 95 percent of all literature published in western languages on Chinese medicine reflect western expectations rather than Chinese historical reality.”
– Paul Unschuld, historian of Chinese medicine
HOWEVER, GOD HAS SHOWN ME MORE!
Therefore, I get much better results- because I am following Holy Spirit as a Man of God and /or I am operating on a Greater Understanding that also includes the Polarity of Proprioceptive Reflexes! This is a Marvelous discovery that is truly Energetic, and consistent with the laws of Physics and observations of Magnetism. However, the Revelation of how I utilize it Neurologically came from God, and Neurologist's whom I Treated, remarked - with wide eyes," You know I can't explain that!" Oh, but I can ...