Korean Journal of Acupuncture

Society for Meridian and Acupoint (경락경혈학회)
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Development and Evaluation of Body Surface Electric Energy Measurement System for Oriental Medical Diagnosis

한의 진단을 위한 체표에너지 측정 시스템의 개발 및 평가

  • Kim, Soo-Byung (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kwon, Sun-Min (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kang, Hee-Jung (Daeyomedi Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Yim, Yun-Kyoung (Dept. of Meridian & Acupoints, College of Oriental Medicine, DaeJeon University) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Heum (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
  • 김수병 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 의공학과 한의공학연구실) ;
  • 권선민 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 의공학과 한의공학연구실) ;
  • 강희정 (대요메디(주)) ;
  • 임윤경 (대전대학교 한의과대학 경락경혈학교실) ;
  • 이용흠 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 의공학과 한의공학연구실)
  • Published : 2009.03.27
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Abstract

Objectives : It is considered not easy to diagnose the condition of acupoints or meridians. Oriental Medical instruments have rarely complied with Oriental Medical diagnostic/therapeutic theories. The aim of this study was to develop a system which measures meridian electric potential(MEP) in proportion to bio-electric charge for the purpose of Oriental Medical diagnosis. Method : To evaluate a meridian energy measurement system(MEMS), we carried out a performance test. For significance test, we conducted a clinical trial which measured the MEP of ST36(Chok-samni) on Stomach Meridian(ST). Results & Conclusions : We could evaluate the balance or the imbalance of the MEPs on the left/right ST36. Also, through the comparison of MEPs before and after meals, we could identify the correlation between the MEP and the condition of internal organs. Namely, MEP reflects the condition of acupoints/meridians and internal organs, therefore, we propose this new method for measuring and analyzing the condition of meridians and acupoints for Oriental Medical diagnosis.

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