Mathematical Acupuncture Theory 數學針灸論 01: Introduction 導論 by Kent PALMER 2017

Abstract: In this paper will be presented a theory of Acupuncture based on mathematics. The main claim of this paper is that the Chinese originally developed Acupuncture Therapy on the basis of Higher Dimensional Mathematics. Acupuncture Medicine is based first and foremost on the Mathematics of higher dimensions and the synergies of the polytopes of the higher dimensions from Three to Nine. We follow B. Fuller （巴克敏斯特·富勒）and extend his Synergetics （協同理論） to study higher dimensional polytopes. We find in them the foundations of Acupuncture Theory. We apply insights from Special Systems Theory（特殊系統論）, and Schemas Theory（模式論）in order to understand Acupuncture Theory better. We also apply ideas based on the Emergent Meta-system （湧現景觀系統？）and we connect those to the Japanese Game of Go (Wei Qi 圍棋in China) which like Acupuncture was developed in Ancient China. We construct a top down model of the Architecture of Acupuncture based on the structures of the Three through Seven dimensional polytopes. We target the understanding of Acupuncture as it appears in the Yellow Emperors Classic （黃帝內經）on Acupuncture as the original source of Acupuncture Medical practice with some sparing reference to later works as necessary. The purpose is to explain how Acupuncture Theory obtained its original structure and to explain its efficacy based on that structure.

本文將介紹一種基於數學的針灸理論。內容主要討論中國人最初在高維數學的基礎上開創的針灸療法。針灸醫學的首要基礎在於高維數學及三維到九維多面體的協同作用。我們追從巴克敏斯特·富勒並延伸他的協同理論去研究更高維的多面體。在其中我們找到了針灸理論的基礎。我們運用特殊系統論及模式論的見解，去更清楚領悟針灸理論。我們也採用湧現景觀系統的思維，並將這些思維與圍棋聯繫起來。與針灸一樣，圍棋亦源於中國古代。我們運用三維到七維多面體的結構，去打造一個由上而下的針灸結構模型。我們的目標是根據黃帝內經經典中的記載，去明白最早期的針灸療法，並在必要時參考一些後期著作。目的乃在於考究針灸理論的起源，及解釋其始創結構的功效。