• DocumentCode
    2240935
  • Title

    Do acupuncture points have different absorption properties to laser light than surrounding skin?

  • Author

    Lazoura, Harry ; Cohen, Marc ; Lazoura, Eliada ; Cosic, Irena

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    15-18 Feb 1998
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Lastpage
    172
  • Abstract
    Traditional Chinese Medicine suggests that acupuncture points are sites of energy exchange between the body and the environment. The authors examined the relative absorption of near infra-red laser light (3 mW, 780 nm) using different pulse repetition frequencies at acupuncture points compared to non-acupuncture points. Results revealed that at 1 Hz absorption was greater at acupuncture points compared to nearby nonacupuncture points. At higher pulse repetition rates this difference was reduced. This suggests that acupuncture points do in fact have different absorption properties to non-acupuncture points and that there is a correlation between the skins´ electrical conductivity and absorption of laser light
  • Keywords
    bioelectric phenomena; electrical conductivity; laser applications in medicine; light absorption; skin; 1 Hz; 3 mW; 780 nm; acupuncture points; energy exchange sites; laser light absorption properties; pulse repetition frequency; relative absorption; traditional Chinese medicine; Circuits; Diode lasers; Electric resistance; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Energy exchange; Frequency; Laser feedback; Medical treatment; Optical pulses; Skin;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioelectromagnetism, 1998. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, Vic.
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3867-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICBEM.1998.666450
  • Filename
    666450