Acupuncture Works.
The Real Mystery is HOW
Deciphering "Qi"
An Ancient Chinese Secret,
Finally Decoded into Scientific Terms
Until now, scientists have been unable to figure out how acupuncture really works... How could they? They don't even know what "Qi" is.
Even after mapping out the exact networks of the brain that acupuncture affects—using sophisticated fMRI studies—scientists still can't figure out how to read the map, which they have already drawn in fine detail.
How could they, if they don't “believe” in acupuncture channels and “Qi"?! That’s like trying to read a road map, while not believing in roads or cars.
Failed translations, like "energy," while they may be colloquially effective, tend to make scientists scoff. Once they turn away from the idea, they become unable to understand it. For this reason, "Qi" has usually gone untranslated, and scientists have all too often, failed to understand what it really is…
Qi is not something to be "believed" in, or not (not any more than roads and cars). You either understand what Qi is, or you don't.
Finally, with the "Information Theory of "Qi," scientists have a coherent cipher, with which to decode the map, unlocking a vast amount of data already collected.
Ancient Mysteries Unlocked: Associated Organs, Emotions, and Even the Lost Meanings of Common Everyday Sayings
Once you grasp the “Information Theory,” it unlocks the relationships between the channels and their associated organ systems; you can instantly see what each channel is, what it does, and why each channel relates to the organ system for which it was named.
Information Theory also explains the emotions associated with each channel’s associated organ system. It all falls into place.
The theory acts as a key which unlocks a secret that has been right in front of us this whole time. Suddenly common phrases—like "to have the gall," "lily-livered," "pain in the neck," "cocky," "so scared I pissed myself," etc.—become deciphered, through the embodied attitudes of the acupuncture channels, or “channel archetypes,” as I call them.
If you are really interested in the science of it, sign up to get a free copy of my article:
‘Qi’ as Functional Information I: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Acupuncture Channel Psychophysiology
Nicholas Cooke Steadman, L.Ac.
ABSTRACT
This paper significantly expands on existent theories of acupuncture’s fascial mechanisms, introducing an equation of ‘qi’ with what is defined scientifically as 'functional information'—the information that flows within and between the systems of the body, dynamically coordinating their activities into emergent behavioral synergies. Additionally, it is observed that myofascial channels conduct psychophysiological functional information, (aka ‘channel qi’) as primal expressions known as ‘corporeal archetypes.’ This information travels via action-perception feedback loops, which dynamically coordinate whole-organism (psycho-somato-visceral) behavioral states. Part I of this two-part article covers the background science and groundwork of the theory, including the concept of trigger points as stagnant behavioral signals shown to alter both visceral behavior, through somatovisceral reflexes, and cognitive function, through action-perception feedback and association. Part II, to appear in the following issue, focuses on how each channel’s archetype links the channels with their namesake organs thereby sharing starring roles in the psychophysiology of emotional (behavioral) states.