Electrical Potential of Acupuncture Points: Use of a Noncontact Scanning Kelvin Probe

Gow, Brian J.; Cheng, Justine; Baikie, Iain D.; Martinsen, Ørjan G.; Zhao, Min; Smith, Stephanie; Ahn, Andrew

doi:10.1155/2012/632838

Cited by 14 publications

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“…This has been demonstrated by Mussat and others. [56][57][58] Acupuncture needles with 1 metal (copper, silver, bronze, or an alloy) for the shaft and another metal for the handle, form tiny batteries. 9 Some acupuncture therapies use additional electrical stimulation (2-4 Hz) applied to the needles.…”

Section: Acupuncturementioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED: Energy Medicine: Current Status and Future Perspectives

Ross

2019

Glob Adv Health Med

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Current practices in allopathic medicine measure different types of energy in the human body by using quantum field dynamics involved in nuclear medicine, radiology, and imaging diagnostics. Once diagnosed, current treatments revert to biochemistry instead of using biophysics therapies to treat the disturbances in subtle energies detected and used for diagnostics. Quantum physics teaches us there is no difference between energy and matter. All systems in the human being, from the atomic to the molecular level, are constantly in motion-creating resonance. This resonance is important to understanding how subtle energy directs and maintains health and wellness in the human being. Energy medicine (EM), whether human touch or device-based, is the use of known subtle energy fields to therapeutically assess and treat energetic imbalances, bringing the body's systems back to homeostasis (balance). The future of EM depends on the ability of allopathic medicine to merge physics with biochemistry. Biophoton emissions as well as signal transduction and cell signaling communication systems are widely accepted in today's medicine. This technology needs to be expanded to include the existence of the human biofield (or human energy field) to better understand that disturbances in the coherence of energy patterns are indications of disease and aging. Future perspectives include understanding cellular voltage potentials and how they relate to health and wellness, understanding the overlap between the endocrine and chakra systems, and understanding how EM therapeutically enhances psychoneuroimmunology (mind-body) medicine.

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Section: Acupuncturementioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED: Energy Medicine: Current Status and Future Perspectives

Ross

2019

Glob Adv Health Med

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“…Indeed, the illustrations of the meridian system and acupoints may have made people misunderstand the essential meaning of the meridian system as actual substantial channels. Over the last few decades, many studies have suggested distinctive biophysical features of acupoints and the meridian system, such as high electrical conductance [12–14], nitric oxide levels [9, 15], acupuncture sensation patterns [16], and possible relationships with connective tissue planes [17, 18]. Nevertheless, the scientific evidence on the biophysical existence of acupoints and meridians in humans still needs further explanation.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visualization of the Meridian System Based on Biomedical Information about Acupuncture Treatment

Lee

Kim

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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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The origin of the concept of the meridian system is closely connected with the treatment effects of acupuncture, and it serves as an empirical reference system in the clinical setting. Understanding the meridian channels would be a first step in enhancing the clinical efficacy of acupuncture treatment. To understand the relationship between the location of the disease and the sites of relevant acupoints, we investigated acupuncture treatment regimens for low-back pain in 37 clinical studies. We found that the most frequently used acupoints in the treatment of low-back pain were BL23 (51%), BL25 (43%), BL24 (32%), BL40 (32%), BL60 (32%), GB30 (32%), BL26 (28%), BL32 (28%), and GB34 (21%). For the example of low-back pain, we visualized the biomedical information (frequency rates) about acupuncture treatment on the meridians of a three-dimensional (3D) model of the human body. We found that both local and distal acupoints were used to treat low-back pain in clinical trials based on the meridian theory. We suggest a new model for the visualization of a data-driven 3D meridian system of biomedical information about the meridians and acupoints. These findings may be helpful in understanding the meridian system and revealing the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment.

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“… 21 Due to the difficulty in defining or measuring Qi, few studies have been conducted on the mechanism of Qi or energy flow by acupuncture treatment, and all related studies have focused on the electrical properties such as the conductivity of acupuncture points 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 or measured biopotential changes only at some acupuncture points, not all meridians. 26 , 27 , 28 Thus, we aimed to observe the changes in electrical energy and to compare the electrical potential between the acupuncture and non-acupuncture points in twelve meridians.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%