| 英文摘要 |
Book of Changes or I-Ching is one of the most ancient scriptures in China. From Fuxi in ancient times through King Wen of Zhou and Confucius of the Warring States Period to the subsequent millennia, interpretations of the book have been constantly expanded into a highly sophisticated, as well as were complicated, theory. Originally absent in I-Ching, the Tai-Chi yin-yang symbol seen nowadays was added by posterity based on the understanding of the book. Pioneering quantum mechanics in the 20th century and winning the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics, Niels Bohr was so impressed by the affinity between the Tai-Chi yin-yang symbol and his complementarity principle that he embraced the symbol as his family emblem. More recently, the concepts embodied in the symbol have also been applied to business management, further indicating the existence of intersections between the cultural and philosophical concepts of the East and the sciences of the West. In medical science, for example, cholesterol in human body plays important physiological functions, but excessiveness can cause atherosclerosis; this echoes the Tai-Chi yin-yang idea that things tend to develop in the opposite direction when they are pushed to the extreme. In medicine, there are plenty of exceptions, side effects, and drugs or treatments that can both heal and hurt; applying the Tai-chi yin-yang theory in an innovative, cross-disciplinary manner may help physicians, as well as patients, better understand their meanings and explore their implications. In this article, angiotensin II receptor blockers were used to extend the application of Tai-Chi yin-yang symbol to the concept of the four quadrants. It reminds physicians of the need to consider their treatment’s effectiveness, side effects, additional benefits, and precautions not related to side effects. |
