The Biophysics Basis for Acupuncture and Health by Lo, Shui Yin (2004) Paperback

by Shuiyin Lo

Dr. Lo brings together massive scientific evidence from Japan, US, China, UK, Sweden and Germany about meridians and acupuncture. He puts it together with quantum field theory to present a unified... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974826103
• ISBN13: 9780974826103
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Dragon Eye Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A Multifaceted Perspective on Health, Energy and the Physical Environment

My Ph.D is in Research Design and Statistics, and I have been using both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Ayurvedic Practices for many years. I have had severe brittle juvenile diabetes for 56 years and thus have studied numerous alternative methods to enhance my health. Now, at 62, I remain quite healthy, despite the deadly illness. This book provides a very well documented basis for understanding the what, why and how of Chi (Qi, Prana, etc) energy and its relationship with living systems. Lo, a physicist, was studying Chi Kung (Qi Gong) when his master said: "Your a physicist, explain this." So, he began studying the scientific research conducted in many countries over the previous 15-20 years in an attempt to understand the underlying properties of Chi flow. He elegantly summarizes a plethora of documented studies in this work. For me, as a research design expert, perhaps the strongest evidence involved studies using plants. Both humans and animals can be influenced by emotional factors, but plants are a comparatively clean medium for study. The idea of meridians being extremely thin, transparent and charged helps explain why they have been so difficult for Western methods to find. In addition to providing a structured environment within which to understand how the research verifies acupuncture/acupressure's effects, this is also one of the clearest treatises on Physics I have ever read (and I have studied from Feinman through Hawkings and Greene). One very interesting phenomenon is the reduced resistance to electricity that characterizes acupuncture points. Note that the same meridian flow and chakras are recognized in many widely separated locales ranging from East Asia, to India (Prana, Marma Therapy) to the Sioux Nations of the Pains indians. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in Health, Energy or Physics.

the biophysics basis for acupuncture and health

REVIEW OF "THE BIOPHYSICS BASIS FOR ACUPUNCTURE AND HEALTH," by Dr. Shin Yin Lo. As a layman am not qualified to report on portions of this book, as it contains countless formulas and lab reports to back up the text, which will be helpful for technical readers. The other portions were most readable, and made it a great discovery for me. I found this book to be a most comprehensive and informative revelation. It tackles subjects such as quantum mechanics, holistic health, Oriental medicine, energy medicine, and meditation, any of which had previously caused me to buy a book on that one subject alone, and thus have consumed much of my prior reading time. Here is a book that brought these concepts together in a clear and understandable process but still left room for my imagination to find things to wonder about. This is essentially a book about what the Chinese describe as the meridian system in the human body, how it probably works, why it is fundamental to all our other systems, thus our health, and how quantum mechanics probably fits in its function. Told in the most reasonable of ways, with clear examples to explain the concepts. References to numerous experiments are given throughout, lending a concrete scientific basis for the explanations. Dr. Shin Yin Lo is a former Professor of Physics, having lectured at leading universities. He is also an inventor with numerous patents to his credit, an international lecturer, and an accomplished Doctor of Chinese Medicine. Keith Van Vliet