DocumentCode
3325144
Title
Notice of Retraction
Dynamical System Perspective on the Theoretical Foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Author
Shyang Chang
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
fYear
2011
fDate
10-12 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE\´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
The essential ideas in the theoretical foundation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are (1) qi, (2) ying-yang, and (3) five phases. These terse terms were used to symbolically describe the complex dynamic behavior of physiological functions in humans. A very good analogy is the same "symbolic dynamics" as used in modern nonlinear dynamical systems. However, this similar approach in TCM has been criticized as unscientific for more than a century. In this paper, these ancient terms will be mathematized from a dynamical system perspective so that a solid foundation for TCM can be provided. Then, the case studies of "hypertension" and higher functions of brain will be briefly described from the modern perspectives of ying-yang and five phases. It is believed that the essential ideas proposed in this paper can also be helpful on the revival of Sinology.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE\´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
The essential ideas in the theoretical foundation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are (1) qi, (2) ying-yang, and (3) five phases. These terse terms were used to symbolically describe the complex dynamic behavior of physiological functions in humans. A very good analogy is the same "symbolic dynamics" as used in modern nonlinear dynamical systems. However, this similar approach in TCM has been criticized as unscientific for more than a century. In this paper, these ancient terms will be mathematized from a dynamical system perspective so that a solid foundation for TCM can be provided. Then, the case studies of "hypertension" and higher functions of brain will be briefly described from the modern perspectives of ying-yang and five phases. It is believed that the essential ideas proposed in this paper can also be helpful on the revival of Sinology.
Keywords
biomedical engineering; nonlinear dynamical systems; Sinology; TCM theoretical foundation; complex dynamic behavior; dynamical system perspective; five phases; higher brain functions; hypertension; nonlinear dynamical systems; physiological functions; qi; symbolic dynamics; traditional Chinese medicine; ying-yang; Blood; Blood flow; Brownian motion; Heart beat; Hypertension; Inductance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
ISSN
2151-7614
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5088-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5780443
Filename
5780443
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