Anatomic
Characterization of Acupuncture System and Ultra-weak Photon Emission
International Institute of
Biophysics (IIB)
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This
article brings together acupuncture meridians, connective tissue, liquid crystalline state of extracellular
collagen and biophoton emission properties.
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Notes:
According
to Chinese theory, acupuncture meridians are “channels” with “meridian qi” flowing through them. Kaptchuk,
TJ. [The web that has
no weaver. Understanding
Chinese medicine Contemporary Publishing Group Inc. Chicage
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The goal of
this paper is to link traditional Chinese acupuncture with Western bioregulatory concepts. The western concept of a bioregulatory system based in the connective tissue of the human body
developed in the 19th century, in parallel with the cell pathology
model. Several studies have been done
positively correlating acupuncuture points and
meridians with connective tissue. Also has been confirmed that most acupoints correspond to high electrical conductance points
in the body. Since the 1970s, instruments have been developed that masure skin resistence when
stimulated with either ac or dc electrical current. Differing electrical
properties are often found to correlate with states of health and disease.
Thr extracellular matrix is composed of a variety of proteins
and polysaccharides and assembled into an organized meshwork in close
association with the cells that produce them. This matrix was once thought to
be merely an inert scaffold to stabilize the tissue structures. However, it is
now clear that this matrix is important in cell regulation. This matrix can
become calcified, forming rock hard structures like bone and teeth.
The
interaction of the extracellular matrix and
cytoskeleton is reciprocal; resulting in the ability of the extracellular
matrix to propagate large scale ordered structures.
Bonghan
Kim, a surgeon, claimed to have discovered anatomically distinctive corpuscle
like tissues at the acupoints, and threadlike ducts
at the meridians of human skin. He traced the ducts, now called Bonghan ducts, and found they formed a circulatory network
throughout the body. Until recently,
these results cold not be reproduced, mostly because the formula for the
staining dye, needed to identify the ducts, was kept secret. The Japanese
anatomist Fujiwara was also said to have confirmed this discovery. More
recently, these ducts have been identified inside the blood vessels and in the
organs of rabbits and rats, without use of the secret dye. More research on Bonghan
ducts is underway. The distinguishing feature of these ducts is the
distribution of rod shaped nuclei within them and their cribriform
structure; their diameter varies from 10 micron to submicron. Analysis of the
biochemical components of the duct contents is underway. Probably the most
important component in the liquid is a spherically shaped microcell.
It is
widely recognized that living tissue is similar in some ways to liquid crystal.
A liquid crystal has orientational order and some
translational order, but is flexible. All major constituents of living
organisms may be liquid crystal, including DNA cytoskeltal
and muscle proteins, and collagens. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging studies
of living human muscles have provided direct evidence supporting this. Further, Another study imaged live organisms using an interference
color technique that amplifies weak birefringence typical of biological liquid
crystals. Biological liquid crystals carry static electrical charges and are
influenced by pH, salt concentration, and the dielectric constant. Thus the
cell is understood to be mechanically and electrically connected in “solid state” or “tensegrity
system”, and can therefore be refered to as liquid
crystal. The collagenous liquid cystallin
mesophases in connective tissue combined with the
associated structured water constitutes a semi-conducting highly responsive
network that extends through out the organism. This network is directly linked
to the intracellular matrices of individual cells, forming an excitable
electric continuum for rapid intercommunication throughout the organism. Both the
DC electrodynamic field and acupuncture system have a
common anatomical basis. Both support rapid semiconduction
of protons. Liquid crystal facilitates coherent excitations.
Proton jump
conduction is a form of semiconduction in condensed
matter, and is much faster than conduction of electric signals by nerves. This
“ground substance” may form a much better intercommunication system than the
nerves. Non- electrical aucupuncture is thought to work by the mechanical motin of the needle creating a strain, which is transduced into an electrical current due to the
piezoelectric properties of the connective tissue. The electrons generated
travel thru the body along “channels” possessing semiconductor properties. When
the stimulus reaches a specified organ, the electric current is again transduced into the chemical or mechanical energy necessary
to restore functioning on both a molecular and cellular level.
A major
factor contributing to the efficiency of intercommunication in connective
tissues is the structured, poriented nature of
collagen liquid crystal mesophases.
Immediate
injury currents, away from the injury, are positive, suggestive of proton
currents. Only later, after the regenerating blastema
is formed, do the currents reverse to negative.
The human
body is mostly fascia. If all other tissue were removed, the remaining fascia
would be enough to provide a normal body contour. Connective tissue both
generates and conducts energy.
Usually the
visible portion of the spectrum is called light. The term photon is applied to
the radiation fromm the
whole EM spectrum. How is light generaated? Every
moving charge in a heterogeneous EM field emits EM radiation. Certan quantum processes generate and absorb photons. The
electrons in atom and molecules can absorb photons of distinct wavelength, and
as a result are transferred to an excited level. If the delivered energy
exceeds the ionization barrier, a free radical is generated. The living
organism is an open system that exchanges energy and information with the
environment. The exchange of information is by charged particles and photons.
Ultra weak photon emission (UPE) can provide information about the statistical
properties of the system’s state and can be used as a non-invasive tool for
inspection of “meridian qi” energy. UPE analysis
shows it to occur in the spectral range from 440 to 850 nm. Theoretically,
photon emission originates mainly from reorganization of hydrogen bonds and Van
der Waals complexs within vital structures, radiative
relaxation of metastable energy rich states in
membranes, cytosol, cytoskeleton
and in DNA. Based on research it has been concluded that collagen structures
conduct and modify photon pulses coming from biological sources.
Popp et
al’s biophysical model for inter and extra cellular communication postulates
that the photon is trapped and emitted by cellular physical resonance devise,
presumably DNA, resulting in a high degree of coherence. DNA may be an exciplex in which photons are stored. Non-coding DNA may
act as a photon store and coherent radiator, because of its enormous polymer
size and ability to form exciplexes. The resulting
long range EM waves and fields ca be seen as a basis of self organization. Bonghan ducts supply the channels in the connective tissue with
DNA granules inside, connecting acupoints in the skin
to internal organs. As the narrow channels form a network of tubes with light
sources, they can become an optical channel (fiber optics) which can produce a
coherent photon state. This is a scientific interpretation of acupuncture
therapy. The organ surface Bonghan Corpuscles (acupoint) in rats was found to be relatively transparent.
More research is needed.
A “common”
anatomic human male body emission pattern of biophotons
was discovered which was consistent between CCD cameras and PMT. Photon
emission was highest at neck, cheeks and forhead and
hands. Highly structured anatomic locations appear to emit more photons.
Inaba et
al compared the intensity of biophoton emission at acupoints with non-acupoints.
They suggested that the emission intensity was in general higher than the
emission intensity of non-acupuncture points. However, recent photon images from the hands made with
advanced CCD techniques showed that acupoints cannot
be distinguished from their surrounding emission.
Photon
emissions between meditators and nonmeditators
were compared. It was found that the anatomical pattern was very similar, but
the meditators had a 35% reduction in emission.
Before
meditation, human UPE had fractal properties; photons tended to cluster.
Meditation results in less clustering.
More study
will be required to determine to what extent this structure corresponds to
connective tissue and acupuncture structures.
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Mae Wan Ho, PhD makes similar observations:
We propose that the acupuncture system and the DC body field
detected by Western scientists both inhere in the continuum of liquid
crystalline collagen fibres that make up the bulk of
the connective tissues. Bound water layers on the collagen fibres provide proton conduction pathways for rapid
intercommunication throughout the body, enabling the organism to function as a
coherent whole. This liquid crystalline continuum mediates hyperreactivity
to allergens and the body's responsiveness to different forms of subtle energy
medicine. It constitutes a "body consciousness" working in tandem
with the "brain consciousness" of the nervous system. We review
supporting evidence from biochemistry, cell biology, biophysics and
neurophysiology, and suggest experiments to test our hypothesis.
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/lcm.php
The
Liquid Crystalline Organism and Biological Water
http://www.springerlink.com/content/pl0065321n155652/