Investigation of acupuncture sensation patterns under sensory deprivation using a geographic information system
- The study of acupuncture-related sensations, like deqi and propagated sensations along channels (PSCs), has a long tradition in acupuncture basic research. The phenomenon itself, however, remains poorly understood. To study the connection between PSC and classical meridians, we applied a geographic information system (GIS) to analyze sketches of acupuncture sensations from healthy volunteers after laser acupuncture. As PSC can be subtle, we aimed at reducing the confounding impact of external stimuli by carrying out the experiment in a floatation tank under restricted environmental stimulation. 82.4% of the subjects experienced PSC, that is, they had line-like or 2-dimensional sensations, although there were some doubts that these were related to the laser stimulation. Line-like sensations on the same limb were averaged to calculate sensation mean courses, which were then compared to classical meridians by measuring the mean distance between the two. Distances ranged from 0.83 cm in the case of the heart (HT) and spleen (SP) meridian to 6.27 cm in the case of the kidney (KI) meridian. Furthermore, PSC was observed to “jump” between adjacent meridians. In summary, GIS has proven to be a valuable tool to study PSC, and our results suggest a close connection between PSC and classical meridians.
Author: | Florian Beißner, Irene MarzolffORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-294509 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/591304 |
ISSN: | 1741-4288 |
ISSN: | 1741-427X |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23243458 |
Parent Title (English): | Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM |
Publisher: | Hindawi |
Place of publication: | New York, NY |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2013/07/05 |
Date of first Publication: | 2012/11/21 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2013/07/05 |
Volume: | 2012 |
Issue: | 591304 |
Page Number: | 10 |
Note: | Copyright © 2012 Florian Beissner and Irene Marzolff. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
HeBIS-PPN: | 34880850X |
Institutes: | Medizin / Medizin |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |