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24 studies, 2 episodes on acupuncture — reviewed, translated, woven together.
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- 2024
The Stomach’s Communication with Its Related Acupoints, and the “Intelligent Tissue” Hypothesis, 2019
Fletcher KovichThis study explores the "intelligent tissue hypothesis," which proposes that an organ's internal state is reflected in real-time at specific acupuncture points. By monitoring electrical impedance at stomach-related poin…
- 2024
The Lungs’ Real-time States are Reflected in the Tissue at its Related Acupuncture Points, 2019
Fletcher KovichThis study investigates how lung activity is reflected in the tissue at specific acupuncture points by measuring electrical impedance. Researchers observed that different breathing patterns, such as deep or rapid breath…
- 2024
What is the Intelligent Tissue !eory and How Does it Relate to Acupuncture?, 2020
Fletcher KovichIn this article, Fletcher Kovich presents the "Intelligent Tissue Theory," suggesting that bodily tissues interpret real-time electromagnetic information from organs. According to this theory, meridians are not dedicate…
- 2020
What is the Intelligent Tissue !eory and How Does it Relate to Acupuncture?
Fletcher KovichThis article introduces the "intelligent tissue theory," which proposes that organ information is transmitted via electromagnetic waves and interpreted by bodily tissues at specific meridians. The author suggests that t…
- 2019
The Stomach’s Communication with Its Related Acupoints, and the “Intelligent Tissue” Hypothesis
Fletcher KovichThis study explores the "intelligent tissue" hypothesis, which suggests that an organ's functional state is reflected in real-time at specific acupuncture points. By monitoring electrical impedance at six stomach-relate…
- 2019
The Lungs’ Real-time States are Reflected in the Tissue at its Related Acupuncture Points
Fletcher KovichThis study explores the hypothesis that real-time organ states are reflected in the tissue at specific acupuncture points. By monitoring electrical impedance at lung-related points, the researcher observed changes based…
- 2019
Fascial neuromodulation: an emerging concept linking acupuncture, fasciology, osteopathy and neuroscience
Gianluca BiancoThis conceptual paper presents a model called "fascial neuromodulation" to explain how therapies like acupuncture might work. The author suggests that mechanical signals through the fascial network can influence the ner…
- 2019
Fascial neuromodulation: an emerging concept linking acupuncture, fasciology, osteopathy and neuroscience
Gianluca BiancoThis conceptual paper proposes a model called "fascial neuromodulation" to explain how therapies like acupuncture may work. The author suggests that the traditional concept of balancing the body's energy corresponds to…
- 2018
The Impedance Profile of Acupuncture Points
Fletcher KovichThis study investigated real-time electrical impedance (resistance) at acupuncture points in a single subject. The researcher observed that when impedance decreased at the center of a point, it often increased at a loca…
- 2018
What Is the Point? The Problem with Acupuncture Research That No One Wants to Talk About
Helene M Langevin, Peter M WayneIn this 2018 commentary, the authors address a persistent criticism of acupuncture research: the unclear scientific basis for "acupuncture points." They argue that the acupuncture research community has not paid enough…
- 2017
A Curious Oversight in Acupuncture Research
Fletcher KovichIn this perspective article, the author argues that current acupuncture hypotheses overlook a crucial factor: the speed at which the treatment takes effect. Observations suggest that communication between acupoints and…
- 2017
A New Definition of an Acupuncture Meridian
Fletcher KovichThis perspective article proposes a new definition of acupuncture meridians, moving away from the idea of dedicated anatomical vessels. The author suggests that meridians are actually tracts of tissue that become affect…
- 2017
Reconnecting the Body in Eastern and Western Medicine
Helene M Langevin, Rosa N SchnyerDetails for this 2017 publication, titled 'Reconnecting the Body in Eastern and Western Medicine' by Helene M. Langevin and Rosa N. Schnyer, have not yet been summarized. The title suggests a discussion comparing and in…
- 2015
New Developments in the Primo Vascular System: Imaging and Functions with regard to Acupuncture
Richard C Niemtzow, Kwang-Sup Soh, Kyung A Kang, John H Barker, He Sheng Luo, Moriya OhkumaThis research entry, for which only the title is available, appears to discuss recent advancements in understanding the primo vascular system. The title suggests a focus on new imaging techniques and the system's functi…
- 2015
Essential Experimental Methods for Identifying Bonghan Systems as a Basis for Korean Medicine: Focusing on Visual Materials from Original Papers and Modern Outcomes
Hoon-Gi Kim, Byung-Cheon Lee, Ki-Bog LeeThis narrative review examines methods for identifying the so-called Bonghan system, also known as the primo vascular system (PVS). This system was originally proposed in the 1960s as the anatomical basis for acupunctur…
- 2013
Purine receptor mediated actin cytoskeleton remodeling of human fibroblasts
Nanna Goldman, Devin Chandler-Militello, Helene Langevin, Maiken Nedergaard, Takahiro TakanoThis laboratory study investigated how certain molecules, called purines, affect human fibroblast cells. Previous research has shown that acupuncture can trigger the release of purines like ATP. The researchers exposed…
- 2012
Fluid Flow along Venous Adventitia in Rabbits: Is It a Potential Drainage System Complementary to Vascular Circulations?
Hong-yi Li, Min Chen, Jie-fu Yang, Chong-qing Yang, Liang Xu, Fang Wang, Jia-bin Tong, You Lv, Caidan SuonanIn this animal study on rabbits, researchers investigated a potential fluid drainage system within the body's connective tissue. By injecting tracers, they visualized pathways along the loose connective tissue surroundi…
- 2011
Review of Evidence Suggesting That the Fascia Network Could Be the Anatomical Basis for Acupoints and Meridians in the Human Body
Yu Bai, Jun Wang, Jin-Peng Wu, Jing-Xing Dai, Ou Sha, David Tai Wai Yew, Lin Yuan, Qiu-Ni LiangThis narrative review explores the idea that the body's fascia network could be the physical structure behind traditional Chinese medicine's (TCM) meridians and acupoints. The authors examine anatomical, physiological,…
- 2011
Fascia and the mechanism of acupuncture
Steven Finando, Donna FinandoThis theoretical paper re-evaluates the mechanisms of acupuncture. The authors propose that fascia, the body's connective tissue network, is the structure that explains how acupuncture works. They argue for this model b…
- 2010
Fluorescent Nanoparticles for Observing Primo Vascular System Along Sciatic Nerve
Zhao-Feng Jia, Byung-Cheon Lee, Ki-Hoon Eom, Jin-Myung Cha, Jin-Kyu Lee, Zhen-Dong Su, Wen-Hui Yu, Pan Dong Ryu, Kwang-…In this animal study, researchers injected fluorescent nanoparticles into rats at an acupuncture point to trace their path. The particles traveled along the sciatic nerve, revealing a previously hard-to-detect structure…
Podcast
- Ep. -10
123, 124, 125. Fascia Research Database – research available to all
Fascia Research Database – research available to all Research on Fascia has absolutely exploded in recent years. At the same time, surprisingly few seem to be aware of how much high-quality research…
- Ep. 095
95. Fascia, acupuncture & traditional Chinese medicine
Does Fascia research explain how acupuncture works? For several thousand years, traditional Chinese medicine has used the meridian system that we in the West perhaps most associate with acupuncture.…