An Investigation of the Existence of Electrically Located Acupuncture Points

Abstract

This communications presents the results of a search for low electrical impedance in the areas of acupuncture points. The method involved placing a search grid on areas of the skin and measuring the impedance in random order using several replications. The data does not support the location of acupuncture points by electrical impedance. In addition, it shows that the stratum corneum layer of the epidermis contributes to most of the impedance and that it is easily broken, resulting in dramatically lowered skdn impedance. This leads to the conclusion that probing in the immediate area of charted acupuncture points can destroy the integrity of the stratum corneum layer, resulting in the lowered impedance sought for.