Author(s)

Adrián Ángel Inchauspe^1,2,3,4,5, Erica Arakaki^6,7,8

¹Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
²Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical University of Hainan, Haikou, China.
³Scientific Research Department, Argentina Acupuncture Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁴N/A, Argentina Resuscitation Council (CAR), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁵Surgery Department, School of Medical Science, National University of La Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Argentina.
⁶Specialist in Internal and Geriatric Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁶Pain Assessment and Treatment, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁷Clinical Medicine Service, “Dr. Cesar Milstein” Assistance Unit, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁸General On-Duty Service—“Por Mas Salud”, “Dr. Cesar Milstein” Assistance Unit, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

It is universally accepted that the philosophy of the Tao is the essence that animates the Chinese Cosmogony. Therefore, in last decades I have tried to consolidate its scientific background, looking for solid explanations through Exact Sciences (“Between Heaven and Earth” Scientific Basis of the Action of Shao Yin: Lightning’s Physical-Mathematical Analysis”; “Is Traditional Chinese Medicine Definitely an Exact Science?”; “Euclidean Geometry and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Diving into the Real Origin of the Five Elements”; “Solitons: A Cutting-Edge Scientific Proposal Explaining the Mechanisms of Acupuntural Action”) Currently, research on Chinese medicine leads us—with Dr. Erica Arakaki, collaborator and assistant—to verify through a profound bibliographic review the application of Fibonacci’s Golden Ratio in the constitution of T’ai Ji Tu, adding yet more substance to the hypothesis of Acupuncture and demonstrating how said Chinese Ancient Science is not only an empirical knowledge but a wisdom derived from the most ancient exact science: Geometry.

Five Elements, Soliton, Golden Ratio, Tao Diagram

Inchauspe, A. and Arakaki, E. (2023) Tao and Golden Ratio: A Scientific View of Contemporary Acupunctural Principles through Geometry. Chinese Medicine, 14, 95-154. doi: 10.4236/cm.2023.143006.