Like a Garden

Was it ted kaptchuk who first alikened TCM to a garden in english?

Never the less, I stumbled upon this quote at Dr. Shens website last night and it made me think of another quote.

"According to Chinese medicine, acupuncture works by promoting or directing the flows of energy and fluids (Qi and Blood) in our body. Our bodies are nourished by these flows; much as a garden is irrigated by canals or trenches.  - Dr. Shen

This next quote was actually from a gardening book.

"Before all else, we city gardeners must learn to disregard the discouraging, then proceed to confound the cynical" - Linda Yang