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- The conventional use of direct current (DC) in acupuncture is not reliable for accurately identifying acupuncture points and meridian lines, which are essential for diagnosis and treatment in Oriental medicine.
- To address this issue, researchers created a new stimulus pattern called single power alternating current (SPAC) with specific parameters, such as a square waveform and 3 to 5 kHz frequency, which is more effective.
- This SPAC method is designed to minimize any adverse effects on cell physiology because it operates at low voltage, leading to the development of a more accurate meridian discrimination system.
Article Abstract
The conventional acupuncture-point stimulus pattern uses direct current (DC) to discriminate acupuncture point and meridian lines, which are fundamental to diagnosis and treatment in Oriental medicine. However, DC is insufficiently reliable in discriminating these acupuncture points and lines. To overcome these problems, the authors extracted optimal parameters (e.g., square-like waveform with a frequency of 3 to approximately 5 kHz) with a single power alternating current (SPAC) stimulus pattern of 1.28V. The SPAC stimulus pattern has little or no effect on cells and the body's physiological state and minimizes polarization and ionization of cells because it uses low voltage and alternating current. The authors developed a new meridian discrimination system that can be used with the SPAC.
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