Ph, Electric Conductivity and Delayed Luminescence Changes in Human Sera of Subjects Undergoing the Relaxation Response: A Pilot Study

Abstract

In our recent works we reported that physical and chemical characteristics of serum can vary in relation to the psychic activity of an individual depending on whether it is oriented to stress or relaxation. We wandered if these observations could be accompanied by an appreciable modification of the Ph, electric conductivity and Delayed Luminescence of the same serum samples. Our preliminary data may suggest that the serum pH could significantly increase during a Relaxation Response intervention while electric conductivity seems to decrease. Moreover, Delayed Luminescense could vary in the same subject according to the Relaxation Response practice. According to our proof of concept study, we postulate the appearance of a coherent system within the blood samples analyzed after the Relaxation Response. Further researches and some technical development are needed to support our preliminary findings.

Toward a Unified View of Cognitive and Biochemical Activity: Meditation and Linguistic Self-Reconstructing May Lead to Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Improvement

“…These experimental observations suggest that similar behavior of pH, electrical conductivity and charge distribution may be also induced in biological fluids in the presence of surfaces such as those of cell membranes, of veins and arteries; a hypothesis which is indeed consistent with our measurements in the Relaxation Response practice [ 63 ]. The higher transparency of the plasma in Figure 2 in the post-RR practice case is also consistent with the higher purity of the fluid and higher coherence in its constituent organization, namely with a much lower number of photon scattering processes with “non-correlated” scattering centres (molecules), i.e., lower energy losses by diffusion of photons (they “see” the plasma as a global system, not as a collection of quasi-independent molecular components to scatter with and losing energy (lower transparency)).…”

“…As a perspective conclusion, the correspondences between language, stress, inflammation, oxidative stress, and somatization that we have described in this work, although still speculative in many respects, appear to be pointing to a unifying view of mental activity and biochemical activity [ 49 , 63 , 64 , 65 ]. Much work along such research lines has still to be done.…”

“…Recent evidence suggests that language in terms of “sound” can have a direct effect on cell biological structures [ 63 ] and is able to create coherent orders within biological fluids such as plasma [ 64 ].…”

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“…The possible biophysical and molecular mechanisms underlying the heart–brain correlation have been discussed [ 12 ] and it has been shown [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ] how the practice of relaxation response (RR) improves coronary blood flow, the heart contractility, and determines a favourable variation of inflammation molecules, stress hormones, neurotransmitters, aging markers, and circulating microRNAs, inducing an attenuation of the expression of some inflammatory genes in white blood cell precursors. Remarkably, the physical appearance of the subjects’ serum changes during RR [ 14 , 19 ].…”