1. Skin Resistance Decrease: Acupuncture Using Metal and Laser Needle
ZHANG Chi, YANG Sheng and ZHOU Luwei
Acupuncture is a very useful form of traditional Chinese medicine that has appeared over thousands of years. We studied the effect of both metal acupuncture and laser stimulation on skin resistance in 12 healthy volunteers (mean age 25 years, 9 male, 3 female). We used a data collector connected with a computer to monitor and record the voltage signal and calculate the resistance of volunteers. The study shows that both metal acupuncture and laser stimulation can lead a significant decrease of skin resistance. Further, we studied how sweating affect the resistance decrease in acupuncture. We find that sweating is not the main reason which causes the resistance decrease; even humidity is the main factor of skin resistance.
Introduction
Acuapuncture is a very
useful form of traditional
Chinese medicine that
has developed over
thousands of years.
But the mechanism of
acupuncture is not clear
even many researches
worked on it for several
decades.
2. Results
Resistance of acupoint (AP) and normal point (NP) changes when stimulate on acupoint (LI4) and nearby normal point.
Skin resistance changes when stimulate on AP and NP using metal (left) and laser (right) needle.
Skin resistances of twelve volunteers decrease when stimulate on LI4 using metal (left) and laser (right) needle.
3. Discuss
Humidity measurement during acupuncture, shows that the decrease of resistance is not caused by sweating.
Using the predetermined model circuit used for Reichmaniset al.’s
studies. We studied
how skin resistance
changes through
frequency. The result
shows that
acupuncture let R1
decrease. R1 R2 C
4. References
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M. Reichmanis, etc. American Journal of Chinese Medicin (1979) VII, 2:
M. Reichmanis, etc. Electrochemical Science and Technology (1978) 125, 11: