There is a solid correspondence between religion and medicine with respect to its origination and the developmental process through the history of anthrophology. Aspects of medical treatment takes a crucial part in the existence and propagation of rel...
There is a solid correspondence between religion and medicine with respect to its origination and the developmental process through the history of anthrophology. Aspects of medical treatment takes a crucial part in the existence and propagation of religion. This can be proved in that a sorceress plays a important role in the sorcery, sacrifical rites(祭祀), and medical treatment through the old human history.
In old human history, the religious idea is a unified system which is composed of a peculiar folk religion and folk remedy. Among this religious idea, "Taoism" has a wide range over the life in the aspect of medical treatment. Although "Taoism" is contained into a folk religion, mixing with Buddihism and the other religions, “Taoism” has a relation with "care-of health"(養生) and medicine, since the essential purpose of “Taoism” is to be a Taoist hermit with "Ageless-youth "(不老長生) and supernatural powers:
However, we can not suggest the correct answer of how “Taoism” has effect upon medicine and how “Taoism” is corresponded with medicine, and maybe there is not a unified argument on the above questions. Once, there was a prejudice of "Taoism", since it has a difficulty in training and incantation of “Taoism”, though "Taoism" is related to Oriental Medicine. However the parts of Oriental Medicine is written in books of "Taoism" and the idea of "Taoism" is recoreded in the books of Oriental Medicine. Following this fact, I will study the solid correspondence between "Taoism" and "Oriental Medicine':
This thesis is organized as follows;
In chapter one, I will consider the origin of “Taoism” and "medicine" in the field of the art of sorcery.
In chapter two, I will speculate on the theory and idea of medicine in "Classic of Taiping Era"(太平經) and "Classic of Yellow Court"(黃庭經).
In chapter three, I will study the change of "Qigong"(氣功) in old history.
In chapter four, I will study the writing and idea of "GeHong"(葛洪), "Tao Honjing"(陶弘景) and "Sun Simiao"(孫思邈)
Finally, in chapter five, I will canvass the Taoism-doctor's contribution of medical-botahology(本草學)
Although the aspects of a sorcery loses color in the Field Oriental Medicine according to the flow of time, the art of training in "Taoism" makes a diverse development in the present and it is evident for the art of training to make the effect on "the life-preserving ideas"(養生思想) in medicine. Therefore, we cannot seperate medicine from "Taoism", since "The-care-of-health"(養生) and "Qigong"(氣功) in medicine take absorb in "Taoism". If so, Oriental Medical doctors should need to have a progressive attitude and study, in order to utilize the art of Taoism-training in the field of the treatment on disease and the presentive medicine.