Can yoga practices benefit health by improving organism regulation? Evidence from electrodermal measures of acupuncture meridians.

Objectives: To document and explain Yoga's effects on acupuncture meridian energies. To understand mechanisms behind Yoga's efficacy by testing links between yoga and traditional Chinese medicine.

Materials And Methods: THE STUDY COMPARED TWO GROUPS OF YOGA PRACTITIONERS: Novice and experienced.

Inter-operator variability of electrodermal measure at Jing Well points using AcuGraph 3.

Recent studies have found that many factors, both biological and operator induced, influence electrodermal measurements. Here, we report on operator variability for a series of measurements made by four operators at Jing-Well points on 132 individuals of both sexes (68 males and 64 females) by using the AcuGraph 3 'Digital Meridian Imaging Tool': Operator 1 (16 males, 12 females), Operator 2 (18 males, 13 females), Operator 3 (15 males, 21 females), and Operator 4 (19 males, 18 females). The individuals studied were attending a yoga therapy program for type 2 diabetes mellitus and were assessed on the 1st day of treatment.