Study of Propagation of Light along an Acupuncture Meridian

Chun-Ho Choi; Kwang-Sup Soh; Sang-Min Lee; Gil-Won Yoon

Abstract

Propagation of light along a pericardium meridian is measured and compared with that along a non-meridian path one cm away from the meridian. Source-light is illuminated on the Nei-Guan(PC6) and propagated light is detected at three points along the meridian. Four reference points are one cm away from the corresponding meridian points, respectively. Light propagates better along the meridian than the reference path with more than twenty percent difference for all the subjects tested.

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2003 (1)

K. -H. Kwon, et al. "The analysis of light coupling and propagation for a composite fiber-dielectric slab with a conductor cladding," J. Opt. Soc. Korea, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 20-27, 2003
[Crossref]

2002 (1)

C. Choi, et. al. "Biophoton Emission from the Hands," J. of Kor. Phys. Soc. vol. 41(2), pp.275-278, 2002.8

2000 (1)

M. Markert, "Whole body measurement of biophoton emission, Biophotonics and Coherent Systems," in Proceedings of the 2nd Additional Contributions, Moscow Univ. Press, 2000, pp. 405-410

1999 (1)

W. Zhang, R. Xu and Z. Zhu, "The influence of acupuncture on the impedance measured by four electrodes on meridians," Acup. And Electro-Therapeutics Res. Int. J., vol. 24, pp. 181-188, 1999

1998 (4)

M. -W. Ho and D. P. Knight, "The acupuncture system and the liquid crystalline collagen fibers of the connective tissues," Am. J. Chin. Med., vol. 26, pp. 251-263, 1998
[Crossref]

Z. H. Cho, et. al. "New findings of the correlation between acupoints and corresponding brain cortices using functional MRI," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 95 pp. 2670-2673, 1998
[Crossref]

S. Kaznachiev and L. Mochanova, Light from living life and human, (Novosibirsk, Russia, 1998), pp. 101-105

H. Lazoura, M. Cohen, E. Lazoura and I. Cosic, "Do Acupuncture Points Have Different Absorption Properties to Laser Light than Surrounding Skin?," in Proc. 2nd IEEE Int. Conf. Bioelectromagnetism, IEEE, Melbourne, Australia, 1998, pp. 172-173
[Crossref]

1996 (1)

W. Zhang, "<TEX>$CO_2$</TEX> emission from skin of meridians," Beijing Biomedical Eng. (in Chinese), vol. 15 pp. 221, 1996

1992 (1)

J. -C. Darras, P. de Vernejoul and P. Albareide. "Nuclear Medicine and Acupuncture: a study on the migration of radioactive tracers after injection at acupoints," Am. J. Acupuncture, vol. 20 pp. 245-256, 1992

1990 (1)

J. Fan, S. Xi, Z. Liu and Z. Wei, "The role of gap junctions in determining skin conductance and their possible relationship to acupuncture points and meridians," Am. J. Acupuncture, vol. 18, pp.163-170, 1990

1989 (1)

C. Shang, "Singular point, organizing center and acupuncture point," Am. J. Chin. Med., vol. 17, pp. 119-127, 1989
[Crossref]

1988 (1)

H. Heine, "Anatomical structure of acupoints," J. Trad. Chin. Med., vol. 8, pp. 207-212, 1988

1985 (1)

M. Ciszek, J. Szopinski and V. Skrzypulec, "Investigation of morphological structure of acupuncture pointsand meridians," J. Trad. Chin. Med., vol. 5, pp. 289-292, 1985

1975 (1)

M. Reichmanis, et. aI., "Electrical correlates of acupuncture points," IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. BME, vol. 22, pp. 533 , 1975
[Crossref]

Acup. And Electro-Therapeutics Res. Int. J. (1)