| The number one question I get from
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| | conduct energy and could be the
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| patients is: How does acupuncture work?
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| | biophysical basis for the communication
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| They will often ask during a treatment
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| | system affected by acupuncture and
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| once they start to feel the effect of
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| | moxibustion. Dr. Yoshio Nagahama and
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| pain relief and a deep sense of
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| | Hiroshi Motoyama, Ph.D, two leading
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| relaxation.
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| | researchers form Japan, have
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| Most articles I have found on the subject
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| | independently concluded that the meridian
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| either give a classical view of
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| | system does in fact lie in the
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| acupuncture using terminology that is
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| | superficial fascia.
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| foreign to most westerners or they focus
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| | Another concept that provide an
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| on effects that occur in the body as
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| | additional explanation of the movement of
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| result of receiving an acupuncture
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| | energy through the body if the research
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| treatment. The most clearly documented
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| | of the Bjorn Nordenstrom. His discovered
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| physiological effect of acupuncture is
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| | that an electrical current is transmitted
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| the release of endogenous opioid
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| | though the circulatory system via ionic
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| peptides. These are pain relieving
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| | transfers and and difference of
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| compounds that are naturally produced
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| | electrical potential in the
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| within the body such as endorphins,
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| | tissue-capillary bed. It well documented
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| enkaphalins, and dynorphins. Dr. Zang-Hee
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| | that acupuncture increases
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| Cho, a medical physicist and professor at
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| | micro-circulation at the site of needle
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| the University of California, has also
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| | insertion. The increased circulation as a
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| shown with the aid magnetic resonance
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| | result of acupuncture has a positive
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| imaging (MRI) that certain area of the
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| | effect on the electrical transmission
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| brain are influenced by the insertion of
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| | discovered by Nordenstrom.
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| acupuncture points on the body. There are
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| | Another discovery that has profound
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| also various theories that involve the
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| | implication is the discovery of
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| nervous system such as the gate theory.
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| | bio-photons by German biophysicist
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| Before we go any further, I would like to
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| | Fritz-Albert Popp. Biophotons are weak
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| introduce a concept from quantum physic
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| | emissions of light that are radiated from
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| that all matter, once thought to be
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| | the cells of all living things. Research
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| solid, is really composed of nothing more
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| | has shown that there is bio-communication
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| than pulsating, energetic vibrations. Qi
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| | that occurs between different organisms
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| (pronounced Chi) the Chinese term for the
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| | through biophoton emission and that the
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| energy present in all matter. Qi as
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| | biophoton fieldreflects biological
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| defined by the Chinese for thousand of
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| | rhythms as well as left-right symmetry of
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| years describes the phenomenon described
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| | corresponding points in the case of
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| by quantum physic today that solid matter
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| | healthy individuals. Healthy cells will
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| is nothing more than vibrating strings of
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| | also have a different biophotonic
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| energy.
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| | signature than the same type cell that is
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| Acupuncture regulates the flow of energy
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| | unhealthy or in a disease state. This
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| or qi through the body by inserting fine
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| | important discovery provides another
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| needles at certain acupuncture points in
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| | explanation for the communication that
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| the body that lie along organized
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| | occurs throughout the body as a result of
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| pathways called meridians. The
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| | acupuncture and moxibustion and the
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| acupuncture points and meridian pathways
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| | absence of physical structure that
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| coincide with the points on the surface
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| | corresponds with the meridian system.
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| of the body where there is lowered
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| | I have presented three mechanisms through
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| electrical resistance and and greater
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| | which is energy is transmitted through
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| electrical conductivity, according to
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| | body. It is likely that acupuncture and
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| measurements of many scientists. This
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| | moxibustion facilitate the flow ofenergy
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| flow of energy that circulates through
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| | through all three mechanisms presented in
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| the meridians acts as a communication
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| | this article. As the fields of quantum
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| network that promotes healing and normal
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| | physics and biophysics advance, we are
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| function of the body's systems.
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| | sure to further uncover more about the
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| We must also consider the intricate
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| | essence of how acupuncture and
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| network of connective tissue, known as
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| | moxibustion create beneficial changes in
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| the fascial system. The fascial system
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| | the body.
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| literally connect everything in the body.
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| | References:
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| You trace any one point on the body to
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| | Matsumoto, Kiiko and Birch, Stephen. Hara
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| any other point in the body running up or
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| | Diagnosis:Reflections on the Sea.
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| down or outside to inside. The meridians
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| | Massachusetts: Paradigm Publications,
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| also travel up and down the body and from
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| | 1988.
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| exterior to interior connecting to their
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| | Maccioca, Giovanni. The Foundations of
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| associated organs. The fascia and
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| | Chinese Medicine.
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| connective tissue have been shown to
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