Abstract
McBurney’s point in appendicitis has a defined position. In reality it may be 10 cms higher, lower, to the left or right. It may be one centimetre in diameter or occupy the whole of the abdomen, or not occur at all. Acupuncture points are often the same, and hence it is pointless to speak of acupuncture points in the classical traditional way.
Carefully performed electrical skin resistance measurements, do not show alterations in skin resistance corresponding with classical acupuncture points.
There are so many acupuncture points mentioned in some modern books, there is no skin left which is not an acupuncture point.
In cardiac diseases, pain and tenderness may occur in the arm. This does not occur more frequently along the course of the heart meridian than anywhere else in the arm. Hence meridians do not exist.
If the periosteum is needled, one not infrequently has radiation. Some doctors think this radiation follows the course of the meridians. Usually though the radiation goes to wherever a patient has pain, and hence often does not follow the course of a meridian.
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