• DocumentCode
    2241192
  • Title

    Is there a link between acupuncture meridians, Earth-ionosphere resonances and cerebral activity?

  • Author

    Cohen, Marc ; Behrenbruch, Christian ; Cosic, Irena

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    15-18 Feb 1998
  • Firstpage
    173
  • Lastpage
    174
  • Abstract
    Acupuncture points and meridians have been shown to have distinct electrical characteristics. Acupuncture points have been found to have lower electrical impedance and acupuncture meridians represent low resistance pathways. The authors examined the spectral characteristics of a section of the large intestine acupuncture meridian in 10 healthy volunteers by inserting a broad-spectrum pulse at one point and detecting the output response further along the meridian. Analysis of the meridian transfer function revealed characteristic resonant frequencies that strongly coincide with the spectral components of Schumann resonances and the human EEG
  • Keywords
    electroencephalography; ionosphere; medical signal processing; patient treatment; resonance; spectral analysis; transfer functions; Earth-ionosphere resonances; Schumann resonances; acupuncture meridians; broad-spectrum pulse; cerebral activity; characteristic resonant frequencies; healthy volunteers; human EEG; large intestine acupuncture meridian; low resistance pathways; output response; spectral components; Electric resistance; Electric variables; Electroencephalography; Humans; Immune system; Impedance; Intestines; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Transfer functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioelectromagnetism, 1998. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, Vic.
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3867-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICBEM.1998.666451
  • Filename
    666451