Biophysics, biomolecular and radionuclide tracing technique to explain signal transduction profile of acupuncture points

Abstract

Describes an energy approach to the acupuncture phenomenon based on the bioenergetics of the cells in the body surface receptor "acupoints" following the signal transduction postulate in a biomolecular model. Using the gamma camera scintillation technique "Acupuncture Scintigraphy" with technetium pertechnetate, various minimal dose injection (25-200 micro Ci) intra-acupoints were gamma visualised with different connections instead of the well known blood, lymphatic or nerve pathways. Over 3 years in human volunteers and animal laboratory research, acupoints scintigraphy has been applied to basic scientific investigation: biophysics and biomolecular studies have been used to profile the meridians system.