Exploring the Mechanics of Acupuncture: Bioelectromagnetism of the Human Body
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Exploring the Mechanics of Acupuncture: Bioelectromagnetism of the Human Body
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EJOM (2007), Windridge, Daniel.
Abstract
This article gives an outline of a BSc (Hons) dissertation submitted as part of the BSc (Hons) Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture) degree programme at the University of Salford in April 2003. The purpose of this quantitative study (Part One) was to measure the skin resistance and thus conductivity of a given set of the Influential points. The aim was to determine any differences in the conductive properties according to the gender of participants involved. Vacancies were a set sample of 30, which involved stratified criterion non-random sampling. Quantitative comparative descriptive was the method design used. The results of readings were compared and were shown to support the yinandyangtheory used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The outcome of Part One established thatyangacupoints had the highest conductance compared toyinacupoints. Also it was found that the conductivity of all theyangacupoints measured from the male participants were significantly greater when compared with results obtained from the females.
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EJOM
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2/26/2015
Language
English
Type
Journal Article
issn
1351-6647
issue
5
volume
5