Validation of Theory of Chee and Characterization of Biomarker Chee for Traditional Chinese Medicine—On a Trajectory Converging with Modern Medicine—Bringing New Concepts in Physiology, Diagnosis, Therapy, and Whole-Body Health

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been practiced in China for over 47 centuries based on the theory of qi. Today TCM is included in the national health care systems of major countries in East Asia, but still in back alleysin North America and Europe—for its lack of scientific bases. In July 2018, this author began to develop the theory of Chee (Chee is coined to replace qi) in mathematical format and scientific language. The results were presented in four international symposiums and published in a medical journal during 2022-2023. In 2024 experimental validation of Chee and the theory were successfully conducted—pending external independent verification of course. Characterization of Chee and validation of major pathways for Chee transport (called Jing Luo) and the nodes (called Shua) along Jing Luo are on a successful path. Efforts to distill and synthesize TCM procedures to conform to modern sciences, one by one, to metamorphose TCM to Scientific TCM (STCM) are successful thus far. These results showed that STCM is on a trajectory rapidly converging with evidence-based modern medicine, thus expected to impact significantly concepts and approaches from zoology to human physiology, psychology, clinical diagnosis and therapy, as well as whole-body health.