Physiological significance of the meridian system

Author

Chen, Kuo-Gen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Soochow Univ., Taiwan, China

fYear

1998

fDate

15-18 Feb 1998

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

176

Abstract

The meridian system exhibits special electrical properties (current conduction, wave propagation and preferential direction) and is the fundamental network for communicating biological matter, energy and information. It is particularly important to the embryo during early stages of development. The meridian system integrates the cells prior to the appearance of developed systems such as the circulation and nervous systems. Because the meridian system keeps its primitive properties and is not a pipe-like structure, it is the most “tunable” network in a living organism and can be used in diagnosis and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine and the electrodermal screening test

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; cellular biophysics; physiology; wave propagation; current conduction; early development stages; electrodermal screening test; embryo; fundamental biological communication network; meridian system physiological significance; pipe-like structure; preferential direction; traditional Chinese medicine; tunable network; Cells (biology); Diseases; Embryo; Joining processes; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Nervous system; Organisms; Physics; 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.1998.666452

Filename

666452