INDEX

A

Achromatopsia, 138

Acu-points

in the ear, 62

movement of, 73–74, Plates 8 and 9

shape of, 72

size of, 71–72

Acupuncture. See also Acu-points; Meridians; Sensation propagation; Skin resistance measurements

effectiveness of, 48

history of, 46

interference patterns and, 102–3, 114, Plates 11 and 12

in plants, 66, 79, Plate 6

popularity of, 48, 49

puzzling phenomena of, 83

research on, 47, 48, 55–62, 70–81

scientific attitude toward, 47, 49

third balance system hypothesis for, 67–68, 83

wave guide channel hypothesis for, 68–69

Alternative medicine. See Complementary medicines

Ampère, André-Marie, 21

Andersen, Hans Christian, 136

Angers Bridge, 120

Annihilation reaction, 25

Anomalopia, 138

Antibiotics, 44

Antimatter, 25

Aristotle, 166, 168

Atom

ancient theories of, 20

chemical theory of, 21

discovery of, 12, 20

emptiness of, 25–26

etymology of, 20

models of, 23–24, Plate 3

Auras

application of, in medicine, 140–41

chemical, 140

data analysis of, 144

detecting, 143–44

history of, 160

internal, 142–43

photographing, 140–41, Plates 4 and 14

as religious concept, 133

scientific evidence for, 137–38

viewing, 31

Avogadro, Amedeo, 21

Axiomatic system, 153–54

B

Balance systems, 67–68

Ball-and-stick models, 21, 22, Plate 2

Beat frequency, 99, 185

Becker, R. O., 72

Belief

power of, 132

reality vs., 131–32

as resonance, 132

scientific acceptance as, 13

Bell, Alexander Graham, 105

Bentov, Itzhak, 104

Bernoulli, Daniel, 20, 24

Bhagavad Gita, 160

Bible, 164–65, 167, 207

Big Bang theory, 125, 154

Biofield, 16, 108–9

Biology

etymology of, 15, 16

materialism in, 15–16

molecular, 22–23, 28, 108, 147

open systems and, 92

present situation of, 28–29, 113

reductionism and, 147–48, 171

Body. See also Electromagnetic body

chemical messenger system within, 104–5

electrical messenger system within, 105

energy distribution inside, 82, 100–103, Plate 10

wireless communication within, 105–9

Bohr, Niels, 24, 119, 131, 199–200, 202, 204

Born, Max, 24

Boundary conditions, changing, 101–2, Plates 11 and 12

Brahe, Tycho, 19

Brahmanas, 160

Brain research, 203

Buddha, 133, 164

Buddhism, 26, 125, 161, 202, 205

C

Calvin, John, 167

Capra, Fritjof, 26, 52, 125

Carrier waves, 126

Cavendish, Henry, 21, 24

Chakras, 115, 142, 158, 160, Plate 15

Chaotic state, ideal, 177, 188–89, 191

Chemistry, 21–22

Chinese cultural circle, 159, 161–63

Chinese medicine

Classical (CCM) vs. Traditional (TCM), 1

coherence in, 194

dynamic balance in, 151

emotion and, 115, 194

modern science and, 169

popularity of, 48

Triple Burner Meridian in, 142–43

“unscientific” nature of, 46–47

Western investigation of, 46

Chronic disease, 197–98, Plates 19–21

Classical Chinese Medicine. See Chinese medicine

Coherence

coupling and, 183–86

degrees of freedom and, 179–80

as dynamic concept, 196–97, Plates 17 and 18

homeopathy and, 129

idealized state of, 178, 190, 191

importance of, 172, 183

measuring, 181, 183–92

in medicine, 194–200

miracle of, 180

in music, 172–74, 180

pyramid, 192–93, 196, 198–99, Plate 16

Color blindness, 138

Colors, 33

Columbus, Christopher, 87, 92, 94, 95

Combinatorics, 179

Complementary medicines

as alternative medicine, 43–44

chronic disease and, 198

decline of, 43–44

effectiveness of, 50

electromagnetic body and, 114–16

popularity of, 49

research on, 49–50

revival of, 43, 45–46, 50–51

scientific attitude toward, 38–39, 49

Complex systems, studying, 154–55, 182–83

Confucianism, 58, 59, 71, 161, 162

Conscience, 204–6

Consciousness

law of conservation of, 18

particle, 23

science and, 202–6

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 19, 168, 182

Copper snake, 151, 152

Coupling, 183–86

Croon, Richard, 47, 64, 76

Crystal state, ideal, 177, 178, 189–90, 191

Cultural Revolution, 208

D

Dalton, John, 21, 22, 24

Dante Alighieri, 166–67

David, King, 164

De Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent, 21, 24

Delta distribution, 189–90, 191

Democritus, 20, 21, 23, 24–25, 26, 27, 28

Descartes, René, 54

Dirac, Paul, 25

Dissipative structures

discovery of, 94, 205

examples of, 87

standing waves as, 95–97

static vs., 87–88

ubiquity of, 87

Divine Comedy, 166–67

DNA, 22, 203

Double-slit experiment, 35, 98–99

Dowsing, 139

E

Eastern medicine. See also Chinese medicine

function vs. structure in, 54–55

symbol of, 151

Western doctors and, 46

ECG (electrocardiography), 38

Eckhardt, Bruno, 155

Economics, 155

Eddington, Arthur Stanley, 182

EEG (electroencephalography), 38

Einstein, Albert, 24, 26, 125, 171, 200, 201–2, 204, 205, 209–10

Electromagnetic body

challenges of studying, 110–13

chemical body vs., 109–10, 116

complementary medicines and, 114–16

complexity of, 110

dynamic nature of, 110, 111

generation of, 39

image of, Plate 1

Electromagnetic fields. See also Electromagnetic waves

discovery of, 18

ethereal qualities of, 106

image of, 19

oversensitivity to, 139

Electromagnetic waves

acoustic waves vs., 122–24

discovery of, 19

importance of, 19

movement direction of, 122–23

spectrum of, 29–30

speed of, 124

vacuum as medium for, 124–26

Electrons

anti-, 25

atomic models and, 23–24

discovery of, 23

Emotion, 115–16, 194

Emptiness, 25–26

Energy

accumulating, 120–21

dispersed vs. hard core of, 27

intangible nature of, 17

law of conservation of, 17–18, 88

matter and, 24, 26, 205

resonance and, 120–22

spirit and, 17

transferring, 121–22

Energy medicine, 38, 101

Engels, Friedrich, 208

Entropy

definition of, 182, 205

irreversible increase in, 89–90

maximum, 93

negative, 92

Equilibrium state, 93

Ernsthausen, W., 76

Ether, 124–25

Euclid, 153, 154, 168

F

Faraday, Michael, 18, 111

Far from equilibrium state, 93

Five elements, theories of, 152

Foundation for Integrated Medicine, 49

Fourier, Joseph, 186

Fourier transformation, 186

Frequency

beat, 99, 185

fundamental, 96–97

resonance and, 120–22

of standing waves, 95–97

Freud, Sigmund, 16

Fu, Jin, 172

Function vs. structure, 54–55

G

Galileo, 182

Gao, Yetao, 142–43

Gassendi, Pierre, 20

Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 188

Gaussian distribution, 188–89, 191

Gibran, Kahlil, 70

Godik, Eduard, 138

Gravitation, 17–18, 19–20, 91

Greek culture, 150, 156–57, 163, 165–66, 168, 169

Gurwitsch, Alexander, 107

H

Haken, Hermann, 52, 154

Hebrew culture, 163–66, 168, 169

Heisenberg, Werner, 20, 34, 131–32, 147, 199–200, 202, 204

Herbal medicines, 171–72

Hilbert, David, 191

Holism

coherence and, 172

history of, 194

need for, 149–50

in physics, 52

Homeopathy, 114–15, 129

Hu, Xiang-long, 76

Hu, Xu-liang, 208, 209

Huineng, 202

Hus, Jan, 167

I

I Ching, 152–53, 161, 194

Indian cultural circle, 159–60

Infinite dimensional space, 191–92

Information

definitions of, 126

resonance and, 126–28

selecting, 127–28

transferring, 126–27

Information medicine, 38

Interference. See also Interference patterns

constructive vs. destructive, 35, 98–99

definition of, 97

examples of, 35–36

importance of, 35

Interference patterns

acupuncture and, 102–3, 114, Plates 11 and 12

examples of, 100

modulation of, 100–103

stable, 36–37

structure of, 36–37

Invisible rainbow

beauty of, 34, 83

language and, 33–34

viewing, 30–33

Isolated systems, 89, 92

J

Jesus Christ, 133, 165, 167

John XXIII, Pope, 167

K

Kaptchuk, Ted, 43

Kellner, Gottfried, 56

Kepler, Johannes, 19, 182

Key-and-lock model, 105, 107

Kim, Bonghan, 56–57

Kirlian, Semyon D. and Valentina K., 140

Kirlian photography, 64–65, 140–41, 144

König, Herbert L., 28

Krieg, W. J. S., 63, 64

L

Language, limitations of, 33–34, 206–7

Lao Tzu, 161, 168, 200, 207

Lenin, Vladimir, 26, 208

Leucippus, 20, 21, 24, 27

Li, Ding-zhong, 73, 74

Li, Ke-hsueh, 52

Lie detectors, 79–80

Life

concept of, 15–16

law of conservation of, 18

quality of, 195

Liu, Zhong-Shen, 171

Log-normal distribution, 190, 191

Longo, Giuseppi, 194

Luminescence, 137–38, Plate 14

Luther, Martin, 167

M

Mach, Ernst, 131

Maciocia, Giovanni, 54, 67

Magnetism, 18–19

Mandel, Peter, 140

Mao Ze-dong, 48, 134, 208

Marconi, Guglielmo, 19, 105, 111

Martin V, Pope, 167

Marx, Karl, 208

Marxism, 14

Material composition, law of, 21

Materialism

in biology, 15–16

challenges to, 26

conquest and, 194–95

definition of, 14, 26, 202

Marxism and, 14

in physics, 14–15, 51

in psychology, 15, 16, 23

Matter

anti-, 25

energy and, 24, 26, 205

Maxwell, James Clerk, 18–19, 111

Medicine. See also Complementary medicines; Eastern medicine; Western medicine

auras and, 140–41

coherence in, 194–200

evolution of, 47, 53

present situation of, 113

science and, 44

Mediterranean cultural circle, 159, 163–69

Meridians

ancient depictions of, 59

in animals, 66, Plate 5

as channels, 65–66, 81, Plate 7

definition of, 47

movement of, 73–74

in plants, 66, Plate 6

shape of, 72–73

as third balance system, 67–68

width and depth of, 61

Mind

remote communication through, 130–31

science and, 202–3

Modulation, 126–27

Molecular biology, 22–23, 28, 108, 147

Molecules, ball-and-stick models of, 21, 22, Plate 2

Morphogenetic field, 16, 108–9

Morse, Samuel, 105

Motoyama, Hiroshi, 80

Music

coherence in, 172–74, 180

frequency distributions of, 186

inaudible, 37–38

order in, 173

N

Nakatani, Yoshio, 47, 64

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 49

Nervous system, 105

Newton, Isaac, 17, 20, 182

Nile River culture, 150–51, 163

Normal distribution, 188

O

Objectivity, 201–4

Observer, influence of, 201–2, 204

Ohm’s law, 81

Open systems, 92, 154–55

Overhof, C.-E., 76

Overtones, 97

P

Pair production, 25

Paul the Apostle, 131, 165

Pentateuch, 160

Perpetual motion, 88–89

Philosophical systems, 208–9

Physics. See also Quantum physics

invisible and untouchable fields in, 18–20

materialism in, 14–15, 51

as spiritual discipline, 16–18

Pink noise, 186

Placebo effect, 132

Planck, Max, 209–10

Plato, 166

Popper, Karl, 164

Potency rule, 114

Powell, Andrew, 139

Prigogine, Ilya, 52, 69, 91, 95

Probability distributions, 187–91

Psychology

etymology of, 15

materialism in, 15, 16, 23

Pythagoras, 194, 200

Q

Qi, 11, 47, 58, 68–69, 135–36, 157–58

Qigong, 130, 131, 133–37

Quantum physics, 20, 22, 24, 200, 202

R

Radio waves

discovery of, 12

fundamental frequency of, 126

Reality, concept of, 131

Reductionism

conquest and, 194–95

definition of, 51

limitations of, 51–52, 148–50, 155, 183, 195

medicine and, 147–48

science and, 147–48

successes of, 52

Reformation, 167

Relativity, theory of, 125, 182, 201–2

Renaissance, 166–67

Resonance

belief as, 132

catastrophe, 120–21

energy accumulation and, 120–21

energy transfer and, 121–22

importance of, 119

information and, 126–28

wireless communication and, 127–29

Rothe, H., 76

Rutherford, Ernest, 24

S

Sachs, Lothar, 190

Samsung, 138

Schlebusch, Klaus Peter, 73

Schrödinger, Erwin, 92, 131, 203–4

Science. See also individual disciplines

acceptance in, 13

basic research vs. applied, 7

challenges of, 7, 9–10, 12

consciousness and, 202–6

deification of, 169

Hebrew and Greek cultures and, 168–69

medicine and, 44

nature of, 209

objectivity and, 201

reductionism and, 147–48

revolutions in, 52–53

Scientific method, 167, 168

Scientific spirit, 167–68, 210

Sensation propagation

causes of, 63–64

definition of, 57–58

direction of, 62

ear-needling and, 62

enhancing, 62

evidence of, 58

routes of, 59–61

speed of, 62, 103

Senses, limitations of, 28–30, 206

Shannon, Claude E., 126

Sima Qian, 164

Similarity

principle of, 114

statistical self-, 80

Skin resistance measurements

as energy distribution measurements, 81–83

as misnomer, 78–81

reliability of, 74–76

stability of, 77–78

Smith, Cyril W., 114–15, 129, 139

Solar wind, 32

Spirit

energy and, 17

law of conservation of, 18

science and, 204–6

Stalin, Joseph, 208

Standing waves

as dissipative structures, 95–97

frequency of, 95–97

one-dimensional, 36

superposition of, 97–100

Stapp, Henry P., 14, 23, 27, 51

Stöckmann, Hans-Jürgen, 101, 155

Structure. See also Dissipative structures

function vs., 54–55

static vs. dissipative, 87–88

Subjectivity, 201–4

Succussion, 114

Synergetics, 52, 154–55

Szent-Györgyi, Albert, 15–16, 17

T

Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 120–21

Tai-chi, 151, 152, 198–99

Taoism, 161

Tao Te Ching, 161

Theory of Everything, 91

Thermodynamics, second law of, 89–90, 205

Thinking. See also Holism; Reductionism

combining different ways of, 155–56

Eastern vs. Western structures for, 150–54, 156

integration of tripartite, 156–58

Third balance system hypothesis, 67–68, 83

Thomson, Joseph John, 23–24

Thomson, William, 17

Traditional Chinese Medicine. See Chinese medicine

Triple Burner Meridian, 142–43

Truth, 209

U

Uncertainty principle, 204

Upanishads, 160

V

Vaccines, 44

Vacuum, 24–27, 124–26

Vedas, 160

Vibrational medicine, 38

Voll, Reinhold, 47, 64, 74

W

Wave guide channel hypothesis, 68–69

Waves. See also Electromagnetic waves; Interference; Radio waves; Standing waves

carrier, 126

coupling of, 183–84

superposition of, 34, 97–100

Wei, Mon-Zhao, 67, 83

Western medicine

emotion and, 115

limitations of, 45, 47, 51–52, 197

reductionism and, 147–48, 171

rise of, 44

structure vs. function in, 54–55

symbol of, 151

White noise, 186

Wiener, Norbert, 126

Wireless communication

within the body, 105–9

between onions, 107–8, Plate 13

resonance and, 127–29

Wycliffe, John, 167

Y

Yellow River culture, 150–51

Yi, Shi, 75

Yin and yang, 151, 152, 198–99

Z

Zhang, Bi-wu, 65, 68–69, 103

Zhang, R. J., 72

Zhang, W. P., 73

Zioutas, Konstantin, 78