{"title":"Meridians: Emergent Lines of Shape Control","authors":"Phillip Beach","doi":"10.1089/ACU.2007.0537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/ACU.2007.0537","url":null,"abstract":"The Chinese concept of meridians has proved to be resistant to a bioscience understanding. Many investigative techniques and technologies have been applied to the human body in the search for a material substrate that is meridian-like. Using evolutionary biomechanics and embryology, the author has constructed a new model of human movement. The model, called 'Contractile Fields', has flexion/extension, side-bending, twisting, squeezing, limb, and visceral fields of contractility. That model was then turned towards the enigmatic meridians mapped over 2000 years ago in China. Recoil from a noxious stimulus is a reflex that all animals develop as a way of avoiding hurt. Acupuncture and moxibustion can elicit this reflex. Lines emerge on the body-wall and limbs that elicit similar biomechanical recoil vectors. The neurophysiology of recoil allied to the concept of 'border control' predicts 12 + 2 meridians as being the theoretical minimum needed to predictably control subtle human shape. Shape and function are closely coupled. Meridians are hypothesised to be 'emergent lines of shape control'.","PeriodicalId":268104,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of acupuncture and Chinese medicine","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127959915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Status and Future of Acupuncture Research: 10 Years Post NIH Consensus Conference","authors":"Zhen Zheng, C. Smith, C. Zaslawski","doi":"10.1089/acm.2007.sar-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2007.sar-5","url":null,"abstract":"The main theme of the Society for Acupuncture Research 2007 Conference held from 8-11 November 2007 at Baltimore, USA was to reflect on the achievements of acupuncture research in the 10 years post NIH Consensus Conference. The key aspects and features of the Conference are highlighted.","PeriodicalId":268104,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of acupuncture and Chinese medicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117175895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}