Electrical Impedance of Acupuncture Meridians: The Relevance of Subcutaneous Collagenous Bands

Andrew C. Ahn; Min Park; Jessica R. Shaw; Claire A. McManus; Ted J. Kaptchuk; Helene M. Langevin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011907

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Electrical Impedance of Acupuncture Meridians: The Relevance of Subcutaneous Collagenous Bands

Andrew C. Ahn ,

* E-mail: aahn1@partners.org

Affiliations Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Min Park,

Affiliation P-pro Korea Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea
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Jessica R. Shaw,

Affiliation AltThera Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Claire A. McManus,

Affiliation Department of Research and Training, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ted J. Kaptchuk,

Affiliations Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Helene M. Langevin

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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Electrical Impedance of Acupuncture Meridians: The Relevance of Subcutaneous Collagenous Bands

Andrew C. Ahn,
Min Park,
Jessica R. Shaw,
Claire A. McManus,
Ted J. Kaptchuk,
Helene M. Langevin

Published: July 30, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011907

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Acupuncture is not science

Posted by jbadger on 23 Sep 2010 at 17:33 GMT

As the abstract correctly states: "The scientific basis for acupuncture meridians is unknown". But that's because these meridians only exist in Chinese folklore, and are no more scientific than the four humours of Greek folklore

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