RLS Re: martian acupuncture

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Hi folks,

I did not pop up for a long time, but specific mails seem to enable my

activation threshold:

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I agree for the endorphins, and possibly genes activation,... ,

but some of your affirmations are refuted by the latest discoveries

see for example the abstract below:

Author(s)

Cho-Z-H \{a}, Chung-S-C, -J-P, Park-J-B, Lee-H-J, Wong-E-K, Min-B-I.

Title

New findings of the correlation between acupoints and corresponding

brain cortices using functional MRI.

Source

Proceedings-of-the-National-Academy-of-Sciences-of-the-United-States-of-

America, March 3, 1998, vol. 95, no. 5, p. 2670-2673, ISSN: 0027-8424.

Author affiliation

\{a} Dep. Radiol. Sci., Univ. Calif., Irvine, CA 92697, USA.

Abstract

A preliminary study of the correlation between acupuncture points

(acupoints) for the treatment of eye disorders suggested by ancient

Oriental literature and the corresponding brain localization for vision

described by Western medicine was performed by using functional MRI

(fMRI). The vision-related acupoint (VA1) is located in the lateral

aspect of the foot, and when acupuncture stimulation is performed there,

activation of occipital lobes is seen by fMRI. Stimulation of the eye by

directly using light results in similar activation in the occipital

lobes by fMRI. The experiment was conducted by using conventional

checkerboard 8-Hz lightflash stimulation of the eye and observation of

the time-course data. This was followed by stimulation of the VAI by

using the same time-course paradigm as visual light stimulation. Results

obtained with 12 volunteers yielded very clean data and very close

correlations between visual and acupuncture stimulation. We have also

stimulated nonacupoints 2 to 5 cm away from the vision-related acupoints

on the foot as a control, and activation in the occipital lobes was not

observed. The results obtained demonstrate the correlation between

activation of specific areas of brain cortices and corresponding

acupoint stimulation predicted by ancient acupuncture literature.

Remark: May be martians are different in their physiology than us, poor

terrians!

Bernard, 48, Switzerland

> RAINBOWPED@... wrote:

>>

>BUT, guess what! Recent " modern " studies using evidence-based acupuncture

>has demonstrated that NOT point specificity, but rather proper stimulation of

>ANY POINT can enhance gene expression of peptides for CENTRAL pain control.

>Hence, it does NOT matter where you stick the needle.......that is the

>hocus-pocus part of acupuncture.....

>THIS IS A CENTRAL EFFECT ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS NOT POINT

>SPECIFIC!

>....

> " just gimme one needle that is plugged in "

>RAINBOWPED@...