Acupuncture

Acupuncture

Many of the assessment instruments of bioenergetic medicine have been discussed above, including an EKG machine for assessing the electrical activity of the brain, EMG machine for assessing electrical activity of the muscles and nerves, and MRI for creating 3 dimensional maps of anatomic structures.

Another interesting assessment instrument was developed by Dr. Reinhold Voll, a German physician. He was the first to develop a systematic approach for evaluating the body through skin resistance measurements. He developed a machine that measures electrical conductance at acupuncture points, and other points, that he discovered on the body. He found when a point had a higher than normal conductance, it indicated an inflammatory state in that meridian or that structure for which the acupuncture point is related. For points that had electrical conductance lower than normal, he expected a chronic disease state to be present. Later, through pure serendipity, Dr. Voll discovered what he described as medicine testing.

Medicine testing is a process by which a practitioner finds an imbalanced point, that is, a point that does not measure approximately 50 Vol units, therefore, it is either high, meaning inflammation, or low, meaning chronic disease. While testing that point, the patient holds a particular medicine that the provider believes may be therapeutic to that patient. As they hold the medicine, if it is indeed going to be helpful to the patient, the acupuncture point will become more balanced. In theory, all matter, including medicine, has a vibratory signal that is distinct from all other types of matter. This signal enters the patient and reacts within the patient, often changing the reading. A re-agent that balances the reading will probably have a positive effect and can be considered for use as a medicine or dietary supplement. No response implies the re-agent would have no effect. Worsening response implies a negative effect. In this way, practitioners are able to screen large numbers of medications, finding what would be the optimal medication to treat each particular patient.