Energy imbalance was studied in patients with cerebrovascular pathology, autonomic nervous disorders of various orirgin, menopausal pathologies, latent symptoms of craniocerebral trauma, and neurological symptoms of vertebral osteochondrosis. The results indicate that signs of energy imbalance presented by three types of pathogenetic and sanogenetic responses were similar in all diseases irrespective on their pathogenesis.
Key Words nervous disease; energy imbalance; channel-meridian systemTreatment of nervous diseases should be aimed at their pathogenic mechanism, while rehabilitation and prophylactics should be focused at mobilization of intrinsic sanogenic response of the organism [5,6]. Much progress in improving medical care and rehabilitation can be achieved, if the problem is considered from the viewpoint of the whole organism and patho-and sanogenetic responses in the main regulatory and functional systems of the body. Channel and meridional system (CMS) is responsible for regulation of energy metabolism [8,9,1 l] and responds to all pathologic or physiological shifts in the organism [1,7,12,13]. Since Western and Oriental medicine have different philosophic basis, changes in CMS occurring during various diseases classified according to Western nosology are poorly studied [1,11,14,15]. This stimulated our interest to this subject.Our aim was to study the peculiarities of energy imbalance (EI) in CMS during nervous diseases.
MATERIALS AND METHODSA total of 730 patients (nonselected) with vertebrogenic and non-vertebrogenic nervous diseases: osteochondrosis (n=360), cerebrovascular disorders (n= 110); autonomic nervous disorders of different genesis (n=220), delayed symptoms of craniocerebral trauma (n=70), and pathologic menopause symptoms (n=75) were examined.Diagnosis was based on neurological and vertebroneurologic investigation, X-ray and manual examination, and instrumental investigation (when necessary). Status of the autonomic nervous system was determined using Vein's clinical tables [3], tilt-test, pulsometry, computer analysis of RR-intervalogram [2], and thermovisual topography. Energy balance in CMS was assessed by traditional acupuncture including special inquiry and examination, kinesthetic diagnosis ofshu and mo points, and channel-controlling points and by traditional pulse diagnostics [4,8,[10][11][12]15]. In addition, we used. Foil's method [10] for measurement of energy capacity and electrical conductivity of acupoints.
RESULTSIn the course of acupuncture examination, yang, yin, or yang-yin El syndromes were observed in t00% patients with various nervous diseases (Fig. 1).
