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Homeopathic Protocol-Influenza

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

 

 

 

Homeopathic Repertorization

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How to use this chart:

Scan the chart below for the best fit of signs and symptoms in a suspected case of flu.

This will help you find the best homeopathic remedy to use in most of the cases.

 

 

 

Ars

Bapt

Bry

Eup-per

Gels

Phos

Rhus-t

Onset

Rapid

Rapid

Slow

Rapid

Slow

Rapid

Slow

Fever

Septic

Septic

Septic

Intermittent during daytime

Remittent in the  afternoon

Septic; Worse after eating

 With chilliness; Remittent  in evening and night

Thirst

 

 

 

 

No thirst

Craves ice

 

Perspiration

Offensive

Offensive

Sour

Desires cover during sweat

After fever

Cold, Clammy

Aversion to being uncovered

Chills

11 AM

Tips of toes and lips

Shivers

Begins in hands/feet; During urination

Craves ice;

Uncovering aggravates

Brought on by motion

Respiration

Anxiety; must sit up;  Arrhythmia

Suffocation; Fetid breath odor

Painful with motion of breathing

Cannot lie on left side

Weak, slow respirations

Burning pain and heat in the chest

Pricking pains in the chest

Catarrh

Frothy sputum

Putrid

Thick, tough rusty; Must ‘Hawk”

 

Bloody, watery

Rusty or purulent;  Frothy

Plugs of mucous; rust colored

Cough

After

 

Holds breath due to pain

Relieved by hands and knees position

Dry with sore chest

Dry, hard, racking

Sub-sternal tickling; Worse uncovering hands

Pharyngitis

Dry, thirsty

Dysphagia; neck glands enlarged

Dry mouth; Desires water

Sore trachea; Worse in AM

Pain from ear to ear; Lump in throat

Rawness; Esophageal burning/spasm

Throat feel stiff;  Parotid enlargement

Laryngitis

Hoarseness

Painful speaking

Tickling

Hoarseness AM; Bone pain

Paralysis of glottis

Raw, furry, croupy

Hoarseness from over straining

Tongue

Furrowed, dry brown

Foul breath; Red edges

White, coated

Yellow-white furry;Cracks in  corner of mouth

Thick, coated yellow

Dry Smooth; Red or  white; Salty  or sweet saliva

Cracked; Red triangle at tip; Bitter taste

Rhinitis

Yellow; Acrid;

Sneezing AM

Thick mucous; Pain root of nose

Watery

Coryza; Bone pain in nose and face

Excoriating; Nostrils red; Pain goes to neck and clavicles

Coryza alternate sides; Epistaxis; Green or yellow mucus

Thick,yellow-green  offensive mucous

Eyes

Burning

Painful; Dull

Gooey discharge

Eyeballs ache Photobia

Drooping of eyelids; Diplopia

Conjunctivitis with tears; Lids quiver

Great photophobia; Eyes agglutinated in AM

Muscles

Restless legs; exhausted

 

Worse least motion; Weak

Intense bone pain

Muscle pain

Limbs tremble

Bone-Joint pain; Restlessness

Headache

With fever

Starts with fever

*For Flu With fever

Occipital pain with fever

* For Flu  With prostration

With coryza;

Worse becoming cold

With fever; Worse  cold/exertion

 

Ars

Bapt

Bry

Eup-per

Gels

Phos

Rhus-t

Vertigo

On  closing the eyes

With weak legs; Confused

With motion

Worse lying on right side; AM; Better vomiting

Staggering; Better closed eyes. Better urination

 In AM after rising

In AM after rising

Fainting

When closing eyes

 

With motion

 

 

Becomes unconscious after fainting

 

Face

Pale; Agonal

Anxious

Dull: “besotted look”

Red, puffy

Yellowish cast

Flushed; Weak facial muscles

Blue lips and blue rings under the eyes  Red cheeks

Swollen; Neuralgia

Intestinal

Burning acrid diarrhea

Offensive excoriating diarrhea

Gushing diarrhea on rising

Altered taste, Thirst, Whitish green diarrhea

Copious involuntary yellow stools

Exhausting diarrhea

Bloody, slimy involuntary diarrhea

Mental

Anxiety

Delirious stupor

Irritable Exhausted

Restless with aching bone pain

Great apathy Cannot think

Wants sympathy Craves attention

Extreme restlessness; despondent

 

Perka, Sandra J.The Homeopathic Treatment of Influenza (San Antonio, Benchmark Homeopathic Publications 1999)

 

Homeopathic abbreviations and remedies

 

Keynotes

  1. Ars-ARSENICUM ALBUM

 

Anxiety

  1. Bapt-BAPTESIA TINCTORIA

 

Suffocation

  1. Bry-BRYONIA ALBA

 

Worse motion

  1. Eup-per-EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM

 

Hoarseness, bone pain

  1. Gels-GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRANS

 

Weakness

  1. Phos-PHOSPHORUS

 

Cold, clammy, vertigo

  1. Rhus-t-Rhus toxicodendron

 

Restlessness, joint pain

 

The Complex Human Biological System

Monday, February 25th, 2008

This study focuses on the electromagnetic characteristics of a biological system. As a part of a very complex and dynamic biological system, electromagnetism interacts with every part of the system.

Chart 1 is my perspective of some components of the human biological system. It is based on the author’s 40 years experience as a general internist, a flight surgeon, a foreign Christian medical missionary, a medical oncologist and researcher, a founder of a hospice for the terminally ill, a licensed homeopathic physician and an electrodermal researcher.

In this overview I hope to create awareness that there are a number of influences modifying biological conductance that we, in the scientific community, are reluctant to consider because they are not able to be measured and therefore not able to be subjected to statistical validation. This reluctance applies especially to things of the ‘spirit’; less so to matters of the ‘soul’ but it does not mean that ‘spirit’ and ‘soul’ are not relevant to the healing process. Nor is ‘God’ irrelevant for that matter. It is just that in the current scientific paradigm, faith and revelation are too subjective to be considered for analysis. If these areas of concern need to be considered for total healing, than there has to be a paradigm shift in our approach of how to bring about healing.

An Overview of the Complex Human Biological System

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A line divides the chart into two parts. The upper part refers to the realm of God; the lower part refers to the created realm of space-time.

Since this is a study of electromagnetic changes over time, the chart is structured to reflect the dimensions of the system that can be measured electronically.

The linear dimension of time is shown on the abscissa.

The nonlinear dimensions of body, soul and spirit are shown on the ordinate.

Outside of space-time there is a state that cannot be measured because it is infinite. It is limitless and so it has no outside boundary to measure and, therefore, has no dimension. It is the realm in which God exists. Our cortex functions best in three dimensional space and time, so we know some of the attributes of God by things that are created such a beauty, power, strength and majesty but there are attributes of God that cannot be reasoned to or experienced. These can only be known through revelation.

There are two sources of knowledge: experience and revelation. Experience is knowledge obtained by observing events in space-time. Revelation is knowledge that comes from outside of oneself and is of human or divine origin.

Human revelation is knowledge communicated through our senses from the outside but confined to space-time such as a lecture, a conversation, seeing a beautiful sunrise or feeling a warm breeze. Divine revelation is knowledge communicated to creation from God by inspiration or direct revelation. With divine revelation certain characteristics of God can be known. For this we must rely on the inspired writings given to scriptural writers such as Moses in Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. Since He created space-time dimensions He must have existed before them in a non-dimensional state and must not have been dependent on creation for His existence (sovereignty). Words themselves limit the true nature of God by assigning to Him attributes from the things created in space-time and ascribed to Him as characteristics that we understand from the things he formed, even ascribing to Him a sexual nature. Before His revelation to Moses on Mount Sinai he was known to the Patriarchs as El Shadai, the Nurturing Mother. After giving the Law on Mount Sinai he became known as Yahweh, the Law Giving Father. Both a male and a female nature of God had been revealed to Moses and the Patriarchs.

Below the realm of the Sovereign is the created realm of space-time separated by a broken line in which the word “Christ” is inserted, representing His duel nature as God and Man, as mediator between the Sovereign and the created realms.

On the abscissa there are three columns going from A to B to C. Each column has arrows pointing in both directions is in equilibrium with the other. Time is the only dimension in the three columns; therefore, the abscissa describes a linear dimension. Arrows point in two directions horizontally and vertical. Consequently, all other dimensions are influenced by time. This serves as a basis for using a process of iteration to observe a clinical outcome. Changes in biological events take time. I’ve used the Michaelis-Menton equation of enzyme catalyzed reaction to point out that biochemical reactions occur over time- from substrate to intermediate to product.

The ordinate demonstrates the qualities that are distinct from each other: body, soul and spirit. These qualities are nonlinear.

In the body realm there are methods of measuring and describing microbes, biochemical reactions, electromagnetic wave and other biophysical effects such as temperature and pressure. All of the above states can be quantified.

The soul realm consists of the intellect (mind), will and emotions. There are scientific documents that allow for measurements of each of these entities. The IQ test is one example.

The spirit realm is difficult to characterize or measure. Broadly speaking, the spirit that exists within man can be separated from those spirits that exist outside of man. Some have described man as having a spiritual and a carnal nature, the spiritual nature being eternal, the carnal nature ending in death.

At an even higher level there are spiritual forces outside oneself. These are of two classes: Angels, messengers of God dispensing blessings, and Demons, agents in opposition to the purposes and plans of God.

Arrows denoting equilibrium have been placed between all the linear and nonlinear dimensions of the chart in order to show that a disturbance at any point in the chart affects biological conductance in every other part.

This chart is meant to convey the concept that the human, living, dynamic, multidimensional biological system is very complex and that in establishing normal conductance, all dimensions of man must be considered, even at level of spirit or soul.

This complexity demonstrates the difficulty of developing a method of statistical analysis. The possibility of stratifying the same dimensions in two identical populations over time is extremely difficult if not impossible.

One is forced to observe outcomes. Evaluation in this study is based on modifying the electrodermal profile by using electromagnetic codes that restore conductance and by the parallel observation of clinical outcomes when conductance is restored.

The Boolean (binary) system of opposites, the purest form of communication, is present throughout creation: yes/no, on/off, and/or, neither/nor, up/down, right/left, in/out, one/zero, good/ bad, light/dark, life/death. The Boolean system is demonstrated in this chart by arrows going in opposite directions.

The arrows demonstrate the interconnection of all dimensions of creation.

Even the I/O of the computer can interface with this system and is the technical basis for this study.

This chart demonstrates that nothing in space-time is independent of a Sovereign God through Christ.

Bio-conductance Terminology

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space and time, usually with transferrance of energy. Waves travel and transfer energy from one point to another, often with little or no permanent displacement of the particles of the medium (that is, with little or no associated mass transport); instead there are oscillations around almost fixed positions. Wave energy may be a vibration as in sound waves. Electromagnetic waves start from a source point and oscillate at specific measurable frequencies. These frequencies are similar to a “fingerprint” in that they uniquely identify the source. Each chemical, element, virus, bacteria have a unique and distinguishable frequency (or wave). These frequencies can be measured. Waves can interfere with other waves. A wave can be measured and represented as follows:

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Abnormal Biological Conductance Wave: a non-coherent wave, arising from any subset of structural organization (sub-atomic, atomic, molecular etc.) that produces destructive interference. The non-coherent wave will result in a decrease in amplitude (voltage), a decrease in force of the conductance wave and an increase of skin resistance. A single non-coherent wave arising from any subset may result in conductance that cannot be maintained when a positive probe of 1.25 volts and 10-12 micro-amps is applied at the skin detection site. Conductance is restored when a signal of the non-coherent wave is introduced into the circuitry either as a substance (analog wave) or as a digitized code of the substance.

Biological Conductance: a general term describing electromagnetic resonance and energy associated with information transfer in biological subjects.

Code: a modulated wave of constant height and variable width, capable of being stored in a computer program.

Coherent wave: a superpositioned wave that does not interfere with other waves in the conductance pathway.

Conductance Pathway: a discrete electromagnetic, non-anatomic path of conducted, resonating frequencies that arise at the site of origin within the body and terminate at the skin detection site. Conductance pathways are associated with other conductance pathways at secondary and tertiary branch points and are capable of interacting with these conductance pathways. As a result signals may be detectable in more than one detection array.

Conductance: the reciprocal of resistance, measured in mhos or siemens90.

Current: The flow of electrons in an electrical circuit measured in amperes90.

Electrodermal Profile: An outline of non-coherent electromagnetic codes and the electromagnetic sites at which they are found as a basis for restoring biological conductance.

Electrodermal Detection: a method of determining biological conductance by measurement of skin resistance.

Glossary: A list in plain language explaining the source of electromagnetic codes used in electrodermal detection.

Interference: the superposition of similar waves moving through a medium. The resulting wave is found by adding the individual waves together point by point.

When waves meet crest-to-crest and trough-to-trough, they undergo constructive interference: the frequency is the same but the amplitude has increased.

When crests meets trough, the wave undergoes destructive interference. The frequency is the same but the amplitude has decreased76.

Main Detection Site: A special detection site in the detection array that can represent detection sites located in the entire array. They are generally located in a peripheral site on the fingers and toes. In electropuncture terminology they called Control Measurement Points (CMP) or Kontrollmeßpunkt (KMP) in German.

Matrix: The complex organic and inorganic sol-gel electrolyte solution through which biological electromagnetic signals are transmitted.

Medical Profile: an outline of findings from studying a case: history, physical examination, laboratory and other inquiries by those trained in that paradigm in order to make a diagnosis and treat.

Non-coherent wave: an oscillating frequency that produces a phase shift in a superpositioned wave resulting in destructive interference. The following provides us a picture of this phenomenon:

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The following represents two sine waves with different frequencies: Beats-

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Normal biological conductance wave: a complex waveform arising from a site of origin in the body having variable frequencies and variable amplitudes but having its own identifying characteristic. If all of the components of the biological wave are harmonious they produce a conductance bio-resonance that is able to maintain constant amplitude and current.

Normal conductance: the radiant effect of complex waves with multiple frequencies generated from a variety of sources ranging from subatomic particles, to atoms, to molecules, to complex molecules, to tissues and organs.

Phase shift: Change in the superposition of a normal wave by a non- coherent wave causing destructive interference and a disharmonic bio-resonance at the site of origin

Ohm’s Law: a basic law of electronics that expresses a relationship between current, voltage and resistance. Current (I) =Volts (E)/Resistance

(R.).

Process of Iteration: A process of eliminating non-coherent waves in an electrodermal profile by a repetition of the same process until the non-coherent wave is no longer detectable.

Pulse-width Equivalent Wave (PWE): The square wave equivalent code of the biological wave resulting from analog to digital conversion.

Resistance: opposition to current flow, measured in ohms.

Sarcodes: Homeopathic preparations made from animal organs by various manufactures; WALA, Dolisos, Heel and Staufen. They were used extensively in correlating electromagnetic sites of detection with electromagnetic sites of origin . Example: An indicator drop at TW20 indicates non-conductance due to a non-coherent wave at that skin detection site. If, after screening through a group of organ preparations, it was found that conductance could be restored by placing a pituitary organ preparation in the circuitry, than the skin site was designated as the electromagnetic site of the electromagnetic code for the pituitary gland. Detection of non-coherent waves at that site are considered to be associated with the pituitary electromagnetic site of origin.

Secondary Array: an array of detection sites branching from the primary detection array at the secondary detection branch point.

Secondary Detection Site: A detection site on the primary array from which a secondary array may be detected. It is referred to as a branch point in electro-acupuncture terminology.

Signal: An electromagnetic resonance having a characteristic amplitude and frequency.

Sites of Origin: the electromagnetic sites where resonating frequencies originate. These sites correspond to the anatomical site associated with a sarcode made from an organ preparation from that anatomical site.

Skin Detection Array: skin detection sites are arranged in a linear fashion on the surface of the skin. In general they correspond to acupuncture points and meridians in their location and distribution. As in the conductance pathway there is also conductance along the detection array. Detection sites along the detection array may be amplified by pressure or electrical stimuli and then transferred to the main detection site for evaluation.

Skin Detection Site: termination on the skin of a resonating electromagnetic frequency generated at a site of origin.

Superposition: one or more waves traveling through the same medium at the same time

Tertiary Array: an array of detection sites branching from the secondary detection array.

Tertiary Detection Site: A detection site branching from a secondary detection array.

Voltage: the electromotive force (EMF) or pressure that causes electrons to move in an electrical circuit, measured in volts.

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Gerber, Richard, Vibrational Medicine (Santa Fe: Bear & Company 1988)

Hecker,Hans-Ulrich, Steveling, Angelica, Peuker, Elmar, Kastner Jörg & Liebchen, Kay, Color Atlas of Acupuncture (Stuttgart: Thieme 1999)

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Petzold, Charles, Code (Redmond: Microsoft Press 1999)

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Process of Iteration

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The following discussion continues to build a foundation by which the reader can increase his understanding of the eletro-dermal screening process. Exposure to outside influences (interferences) impacts the body systems. In order to address these interferences, they must be detected, identified, and measured. This paper provides an overview of the evolutionary, methodical approach to develop a standard process of screening.

Process of Iteration

When I first began to research electrodermal detection, I developed a guide to locate electromagnetic skin sites according to organs and systems. I grouped the detection sites by organs and systems because most health professionals are taught to make a diagnosis using this approach.

The following list is an overview of organ and system detection sites. Each heading has many subdivisions that will be commented upon later as this journal progresses.

Organ and System Detection Sites

Allergies

Arteries

Blood

Breast

Connective Tissue

Degeneration

Ear

Endocrine

Eye

Fat Tissue

Gallbladder and Bile Ducts

Gastrointestinal Tract

Heart

Hormones

Immune System

Joints

Liver

Lymphatic System

Mucous Membranes

Musculoskeletal System

Nasopharynx

Nervous System

Odontons (Teeth)

Pancreas

Respiratory System

Skin

Spleen

Urogenital System

Veins

Palmar Arrays

Subsets of the detection sites

Each detection site has:

A name in plain language;

An electromagnetic site designation

A page for site location (bold/italic) found in the Atlas of my book, An Electrodermal Analysis of Biological Conductance

Large Intestine

Main Detection Site: LI 1b 5, 6

Greater Omentum: LI 3a 5, 6

Omental Bursa: LV 10 30

Cecum – LI 4 (R) 5

Lymph Vessels: LI 1-1 (R) 5

Superior Mesenteric (Autonomic) Plexus: SI 1a (R) 21

Smooth Muscles: LI 7 7

Appendix-Ileocecal Lymph Nodes: LI 4a (R) 5

Ascending Colon: LI 3 (R); LU5 5; 4

Lymphphatics , Cecum and Right Colon: LI 1-1 5

Superior Mesenteric (Autonomic) Plexus: SI 1a (R) 21

Peritoneum: LI 1c (R) 5

Peritoneal Lymph Vessels: LI 1b-1 (R) 5

Hepatic Flexure: LI 2 (R) 5

Superior Mesenteric (Autonomic) Plexus: SI 1a (R) 21

Sympathetic Nerve Hepatic Flexure of the Right Colon: LU 4 (R) 4

Transverse Colon, Right Side: LI 1 (R) 5

Superior Mesenteric (Autonomic) Plexus: SI 1a (R) 5

Transverse Colon, Left Side: LI 4 (L) 6

Inferior Mesenteric (Autonomic) Plexus: SI 1a (L) 21

Splenic Flexure: LI 3 (L); LU 5 (L) 6; 22

Inferior Mesenteric (Autonomic) Plexus: SI 1a (L) 21

Descending Colon: LI 2 (L) 6

Inferior Mesenteric (Autonomic) Plexus: SI 1a (L) 21

Descending Colon, Sympathetic Nerve: LU 4 (L) 4

Inferior Mesenteric Lymph Nodes: LI 4 -1 (L) 6

Sigmoid Colon: LI 1 (L) 6

Lymph Vessels: LI 1-1 (L) 6

Inferior Mesenteric (Autonomic) Plexus: SI 1a (L) 21

Inferior Mesenteric Lymph Nodes: LI 4 -1 (L) 6

Mesocolic Lymph Nodes: LI 4a (L) 6

Recto-Sigmoid Mucosa (L-3): GV 3a 61

Anus

Anal Canal: KI 5 50

Anal Sphincter: KI 4a; BL 30 50; 54

Rectum—KI 6 50

Medial and inferior (Autonomic) Plexus: KI 4 50

Venous (Hemorrhoidal) Plexus: KI 5a 50

Mucosa: SV 22 63

Recto-vesical/Recto-uterine (Douglas) Pouch: KI 6c 50

In my text An Electrodermal Analysis of Biological Conductance made an atlas demonstrating the topographical locations of these electromagnetic sites.

The graphic below is an example of one of the atlas pages.

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It’s all information-codes, waves or signals

In 1996 I developed a protocol for recognizing clinical relevant non – coherent waves. The database that resulted identified the most frequent detection sites as well as the most frequent non-coherent encoded signals at those sites.

I then arranged the non-coherent codes by using plain language. I gave a short scientific description for each entry and I listed them alphabetically and by category in a glossary to be clinically useful. Were the signals related to a virus, bacteria, a fungus, toxic metal or toxic chemicals, etc.? It was my desire to make electrodermal detection a practical tool for use in the medical system as it is practiced today. Below is a list of these categories from my data.

Plain Language description of signals

Based on an analysis of 1310 files from 600 subjects from 1/8/93 to 3/8/98

Encoded Groups Number of Codes in Each Group

1. Tissue Nosodes 123

2. Bacteria 113

3. Chemicals/Drugs 112

4. Viruses 78

5. Fungi 69

6. Protozoa 53

7. Metals 46

8. Helminths 37

9. Homeopathics 30

10. Constitutionals 21

11. Cytokines 19

12. Dental 18

13. Miasms 15

14. Insects 10

15. Plants 5

16. Imponderables 5

17. Animal 4

18. Foods 3

19. Prions 3

20. Metabolites 2

Total 676

The above listing represents the broad categories of encoded non-coherent waves. There are 676 total codes in this list. Since then many more have been added.

In this section I will show how to select these waves by the process of iteration.

Iteration is defined by Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 10th edition as “a repetition of a sequence of operations that yields results successfully closer to the results desired”.

Recovery from illness is a biological process that takes place in a sequential fashion over time. For example, after a laceration, a clot must be formed first, followed by fibroblastic infiltration and subsequently by scar tissue formation.

In the homeopathic school of thought, Herring’s Law of Cure states that healing takes place from the inside out, from the top-down and from the acute to chronic. The analogy of peeling off the layers of an onion is often used.

Reckoning

(Merriam – Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 10th edition 1993)

Definition: To accept something as certain; to judge

It has been found by reckoning, that electromagnetic elimination of non-coherent waves are associated with improvement in clinical conditions. The process of reckoning occurs in a sequential fashion over time.

Before we discuss the process of eliminating non coherent waves we should try to resolve the difference between a diagnosis and electrodermal signal detection

A diagnosis carries with it a precise description:

Diagnosis:

(Merriam – Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 10th edition 1993)

1a. the art or acts of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms

1b. the decision reached by diagnosis

2. a concise technical description of a taxon (classification).

3a. investigation or analysis of the cause or nature of a condition, situation, or problem

3b. a statement or conclusion from such an analysis

Diagnosis

(Blacks Law Dictionary, Abridged 6th edition, West Publishing Company St. Paul MN 1991)

1. A medical term, meaning the discovery of the source of a patient’s illness or a determination of the nature of his disease, from a study of its symptoms.

2. The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its symptoms and deciding as to its character. The decision reached for determination of type or condition through case or specimen study or conclusion arrived at through critical perception or scrutiny.

A “clinical diagnosis” is one made from the study of the symptoms only.

A “physical diagnosis” is one made by means of physical examination such as palpation and inspection.

A “ pathological diagnosis” is made by an interpretation of a pathological specimen” by a pathologist.

My definition of diagnosis is:

A consensus medical profile based on an analysis of a case history, a physical examination and an interpretation of laboratory and other technical studies for the purpose of treatment by those trained in this paradigm.

Electrodermal detection or Electrodermal Screening

Is a screening devise, in the nature of a laboratory test for gathering electromagnetic information. By itself it does not provide some of the information needed to establish a diagnosis, such as, the need for signs or symptoms or other usual laboratory data. Electrodermal detection cannot be used to make a diagnosis but the information provided can support a diagnosis. It is different from other laboratory tests in that it is an electromagnetic recognition devise, and does not provide chemical or biological information. In that sense it stands alone as a model for providing information.

The purpose of the process of iteration is, first of all, to establish an electromagnetic profile and then modify this profile in order to re-establish normal conductance.

Method of developing an electromagnetic profile

Every electromagnetic detection site on the surface of the skin represents an electromagnetic site of origin for a conducting or non-conducting electromagnetic signal.

Not all detection sites are in a convenient location for direct testing nor are all sites sufficiently sensitive to give consistent skin resistance readings by testing from that site.

When a current of injury such a pinprick, or focal pressure or electrical charge from the test probe, is applied at an inconvenient or insensitive detection site, there is amplification of the signal at that site. The injury stimulus makes the signal easier to be detected at the Main Detection Site thus making it the preferred site for applying the detecting probe.

Another way to highlight a detection site is for the one being tested to touch the detection site with the index finger of the hand holding the negative electrode; (the probe is the positive electrode.) The contacted site may then be tested at the Main Detection Site. This technique is especially useful for testing sites in “socially sensitive” areas.

Problems with detection sites:

Some detection sites are not conveniently located.

Some are on the back, others in the breast area, on the buttocks or in the groin.

Many of the inconvenient sites are also too weak to give good detection signals.

Main Detection Sites

Are located in the periphery of the fingers and toes near normal bone anatomical sites

They are easy to reach and easy to manipulate.

Are important because they represent electromagnetic events along the entire detection array especially those sites that have been highlighted or stimulated

Signals from any skin detection sites can be transferred to the Main Detection Sites of that array by a simple two-step maneuver:

1. Touch (stimulate) the desired detection site.

2. Test at the Main Detection Site of that Detection Array and observe the ohmmeter response.

Example:

If you want to determine a code at GB 5-Veins of the Head:

1. Stimulate GB 5 with the probe tip

2. Apply the probe at GB 43b, the Main Detection Site for the Gallbladder Array and observe for changes in skin resistance.

A changes at GB 43b actually reflects a changes at GB 5

Speckhart’s Protocol for Electromagnetic Profile Development

Purpose of the Protocol: To rapidly survey detection sites and codes.

The following is a list of some the more frequently used detection sites.

H-H Hand to Hand

Main Detection Sites

LY 1-2 Head and Neck

LU 10c Lungs

LI 1b Large Intestine

NV 1b Peripheral and Central Nervous System

CI 8d Circulation (Arteries, Veins, Lymphatics)

AL 1b Allergies

OR 1b Cellular Metabolism

TW 1b Endocrine System

HT 8c Heart

SI 1b Small Intestine

Sp 1a (R) Pancreas

Sp 1a (L) Spleen

AR 1b Joints

ST 44b Stomach

FI 1b Connective Tissue

SK 1-3 Skin

FA 1b Fatty Tissue

GB 43b Gallbladder and Bile Ducts

KI 1-3 Kidney

BL 66b Urinary Bladder and Urogenital Organs

Other Important Detection Sites

TW 20 Hypothalamus

OR 1-1 Lymphatics of Organ Degeneration

LY 3 Nose and Paranasal Sinuses

LY 2 Jaw and Teeth

SV 48 Striated Muscle

GB 17 Reticular Formation

SV 61 Eosinophils

GB 5 Veins of the Head

SV 46 Periosteum

AR 1c Synovial Membranes

NV 1c Spinal Cord and Meninges

Electrodermal technology

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

 

Acupuncture evolved from ancient Chinese observations of a correspondence between energy in meridians and the condition of organs and systems in the human body. The science of acupuncture views meridian dysfunction as an indicator of organ or system dysfunction. Acupuncturists observed that stimulation of points along the meridian was selective for correcting this dysfunction.

Ellis, Andrew, Wiseman, Nigel & Boss, Ken, Fundamentals of Chinese Acupuncture, Revised Edition (Brookline: Paradigm Publications 1991)

Robert Becker demonstrated that certain areas of the skin have a conductive response better than others. These areas of enhanced conductance lie in locations overlying the meridians. Becker, Robert O. & Selden, Gary, The Body Electric (New York: William Morrow 1985)

Becker, Robert O., Cross Currents (Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher 1990

Rheinhold Voll et al were able to demonstrate a response in the organ and system sites when they stimulated the corresponding skin points with a small electrical current. Their method was o place the subject in an open circuit with the subject holding the ground wire of the circuit. top

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A painless voltage from a DC battery was introduced into the series circuit. The circuit was closed when the positive probe was touched to the skin surface. One of two outcomes could be observed. 1) The resistance of the skin would not change over the span that the probe was applied, and 2) The resistance would decrease over the span of time the probe is applied. The first condition was defined as an ‘indicator balance’. The latter condition was defined as an ‘indicator drop’. Using the Chinese acupuncture paradigm, the indicator status of the ‘balance’ or ‘drop’ was representative of changes occurring at sites correlating to the acupuncture point.

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This paradigm held that electromagnetic indicator balance was representative of normality at that acupuncture point; whereas an indicator drop was representative of an abnormality.

 

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Voll, et al also observed that indicator drops could be “balanced” by introducing certain substances into the circuitry. These observations, made initially by serendipity, developed into a robust system of site detection and voltage balancing. When first discovered, substances were simply held in proximity to the subject. Subsequently substances have been placed in proximity to an aluminum test plate that was part of the series loop of the detection device.

More recently information from a large variety substance has been digitized by analog to digital conversion and stored in a computer as a binary code. Most computers store around 4000 to 5000 signals. They can be placed in the series loop manually or blindly when selecting for signal balance. Coded signals include chemicals, pharmaceuticals, herbals, homeopathic remedies, sarcodes (organs), biologicals, metals, toxins, nutrients, and metabolic substances. A listing of these computer codes will be the subject of future web logs.

Detection of internal events by electrical changes in the skin is commonplace in medicine today. Electrocardiograms and electroencephalograms are two technologies that reflect voltage changes in the skin as a result of changes in voltage in the heart and brain respectively. Oximeters, pulse-rate meters, and digitized blood pressure are some of the other devices that are used extensively for rapid and continuous patient monitoring.

This web log is my attempt to address some of the problems of technique and language in electrodermal detection so as to make this technology understandable. Future discussions will focus on clinical conditions that can be addressed by most of you who are interested in this exciting new way of looking at medical problems.

The detection system consists of:

A closed loop circuit in series with:

A biological subject

A computer

A software program with digitized codes

An electronic device with: an analog to digital and a digital to analog integrated circuit A DC battery.

The system is connected in series with a test subject holding a negatively charged brass hand piece and an operator holding a positively charged probe. During the time operator touches the skin of the test subject with the probe an electromagnetic current is conducted through the system at 1.25v, 10-12 μ amps. The subject resists at 95 kilo ohms. One of two things happens to the voltmeter dial during this time of application: either the dial remains steady ‘Balanced’, or it drops ‘Indicator drop’. If the dial remains steady it implies that there is electromagnetic conductance through the system. It is “on”. If the dial drops, it implies that there is a decrease of conductance through the system. It is “off”. The application of a current generated in the device causes the biological host to respond. It is a bio-feed back reaction to an electric stimulus. The “indicator drop” is therefore a phase going from conductance to non-conductance. It is the phase of going from “on” to “off”. Since “on” is good and “off” is bad, an attempt is made to turn the system “on”, that is restore full conductance.

Restoring conductance is done by doing two things:

1) Select a code producing a balance by sorting through the software encoded signals in the computer.

2) Place a substance directly on a test plate that is in the series circuit if a computer is not used

An analog to digital integrated circuit converts the amplitude of the analog wave in the subject’s electromagnetic pathway to a square wave that is encoded in the computer software. The algorithm of this integrated circuit converts the amplitude of an analog wave to an equivalent width square wave.

During the detection process the stored digital codes, as part of the series circuit, pass through another integrated circuit, one that converts a digital to analog wave identical to the subject’s analog wave. It is this reconstructed wave that interacts with the subject’s analog wave that is conducting information from a site within the body to the skin surface.

Galvanic skin resistance is measured at the probe site on the skin surface. By Ohm’s Law, Resistance =1/Conductance, so in effect when we measure skin resistance we also measure conductance. The conductance pathway from a specific site within the body is determined by the site where the probe is placed.

Codes in the software are a sting of ‘1’s and ‘0’s (Reminds me of ancient Latin scripts without punctuation) but fortunately the computer programmers have been able to isolate the encrypted codes and have made provision for assigning the encryptions with a ‘plain language’ name so that we can identify them. The encryption and the plain language name can be catalogued for later use.

The name “Electroacupuncture” is somewhat misleading. Electrodermal detection is not invasive, skin is not being punctured and a current of injury is not being produced. Acupuncture is a therapeutic method, whereas, electrodermal detection is simply that – a detection method. It utilizes an information gathering device that measures skin resistance for detecting frequencies that originate in the body and are expressed or detected on the skin. These detection sites are aligned in linear arrays that generally correspond to the acupuncture meridia.

In acupuncture theory, energy flows through the meridia, but this theory has yet to be firmly established. One can see from the Atlas of Detection Sites a clear linear distribution of sites. These sites are discrete. Each detection site on the skin represents a discrete site of origin for a signal within the body. There are similarities and differences of the detection sites. Part of the signal causes it to resonate along the detection array on the skin surface but part of the signal causes it to be discrete enough to be detectable only at certain sites along the array

In an effort to make frequency detection more clinically relevant, I have developed a manual listing the currently known detection sites according to organs and systems and have indexed them so that they can be located on a page in the Atlas of Detection Sites. The atlas graphically illustrates the detection sites according to their location on the body. Since there is an overlap between acupuncture points and electrodermal detection sites, some still use the older acupuncture point terminology. I refer to ‘acupuncture points’ as ‘detection sites’ and ‘acupuncture meridians’ as ‘detection arrays’.

I made a manual of electrodermal profiles for clinical conditions. This is my attempt to fit electrodermal detection into a scheme that may be used for medical care management as a complementary tool or as a ‘stand alone methodology’. There are patterns of electromagnetic signals associated with clinical diagnoses. These patterns are very complex and change over time. In this series, I hope to demonstrate that modification of electromagnetic signals parallels clinical improvement. It is not hard to do.

References:

Becker, Robert O. & Selden, Gary, The Body Electric (New York: William Morrow 1985)

Becker, Robert O., Cross Currents (Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher 1990)

Tsuei, Julia, Lam, Fred M. K. & Chou, Pesus Clinical Application of the EDST (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine pp 67-75, Volume 15, Number 3 1996)

Tsuei, Julia, Science of Acupuncture-Theory and Practice (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine pp 52-57, Volume 15, Number 3 1996)

Yeargers, Edward K. Basic Physics for Biology (Boca Raton: CRC Press 1992)

Werner, Fritz, Electro-acupuncture Primer (Uelzen: Medizinisch Litarische Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1979)

Wolfgang, Larry D., Understanding Basic Electronics (USA: The American Radio Relay League 1992)

Bechtloff, Friedrich, Electroakupunctur nach Voll: EAV; eine Darstellung in Bereichen (Uelzen: Medizinisch Literarische Verlagsgesellshaft 1991)

Brügemann, Hans, Bioresonance and Multiresonance Therapy (Brussels: Haug 1993)

Carpenter, David O. & Ayrapetyan, Sinerik, Biological Effects of Electric and Magnetic Fields, Volume 1 & 2(San Diego: Academic Press 1994)

Chen, Kuo-Gen, Electrical Properties of Meridians (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine pp 58-63, Volume 15, Number 3 1996)

Chu-Andrews, Jennifer, & Johnson, Robert J., Electrodiagnosis: An Anatomical and Clinical Approach (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1986)

Dempster, John, Computer Analysis of Electrophysiological Signals (London: Academic Press1993

Ellis, Andrew, Wiseman, Nigel & Boss, Ken, Fundamentals of Chinese Acupuncture, Revised Edition (Brookline: Paradigm Publications 1991)

Gerber, Richard, Vibrational Medicine (Santa Fe: Bear & Company 1988)

Hecker,Hans-Ulrich, Steveling, Angelica, Peuker, Elmar, Kastner Jörg & Liebchen, Kay, Color Atlas of Acupuncture (Stuttgart: Thieme 1999)

Kenyon, Julian N., Modern Techniques of Acupuncture Volume I-III (Willingborough, Northamptonshire England: Thorsons Publishing Group 1985)

Leber, Douglas C. Acupro II System™, Computronix Corporation, 1991

Petzold, Charles, Code (Redmond: Microsoft Press 1999

Pohlmann, Ken C., Principles of Digital Audio, 3rd Edition (McGraw-Hill 1995)

Popp. Fritz-Albert, Warnke, Ulrich, König, Herbert L.& Peschka, Walter, Electromagnetic Bio-Information 2nd Edition (München-Wien-Baltimore: Urban and Schwartzenberg 1989)

Richer, Paul, Anatomie Artistique, Paris, 1889. Translated and edited by Hale, Robert B., Artistic Anatomy (New York: Watson-Guptill Publications 1971)

Serway, Raymond A.,and Faughn, Jerry S., College Physics Vol 1& 2, 5th Edition (Fort Worth: Saunders College

Publishing 1999)

Wolfgang, Larry D., Understanding Basic Electronics (USA: The American Radio Relay League 1992)

Vincent J. Speckhart M.D.

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Basic biophysics for biology

Monday, January 7th, 2008

 

The subject of this discussion is taken from the title of a book written by Edgar K. Yeargers PhD, a professor of biophysics at Georgia Tech. His book was written so that student of physics would be able to understand that the rules of physics for nonliving systems also apply to living systems.

Our discussion will involve understanding the interaction of electric charges. By convention a proton is assigned to be a positive charge and an electron is assigned be a negative charge.

Material substances are mostly neutral in charge but are composed of large fixed positive and negative charges. If there is an imbalance in the charges, the material it is said to be “charged” with each charge exerting a force on the other- “unlike charges attract, like charges repel”.

On the other hand, charges that are opposite in sign and equal in magnitude, when aligned along a common axis, are called an electric dipole. When dipole charges move, they move independently of each other. When oscillating up or down along their axis, they pass each other going in opposite directions. In doing so, a variable electric force and a corresponding electric field effect develops. The field effect can be propagated some distance away from the oscillating dipole and can be detected on the skin by an electromagnetic sensor.

In the laboratory dipole antennas generate large (macroscopic) radiations

Below is an oscillating electrical dipole:

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole

On a submicroscopic scale, as in living systems, the antenna is replaced by an oscillating emission source that cannot be measured directly. There is evidence that dipole generated radiations do exist and that they come from nuclei, electrons, light and chemical bonds and numerous other sources. It is postulated that oscillations in living systems produce propagated electromagnetic waves.

Electromagnetic radiations (waves) have:

Amplitude (height of the wave)

Amplitude is proportional to strength of the electric force

Amplitude may be positive or negative coinciding with the direction of the electrical charge resulting from the dipole movement

Frequency (rate of change of a charge in oscillating from positive to negative

Energy

Is proportional to the wavelength of the oscillating wave

Short wavelengths have higher energy than long wavelengths

Electric field effect

May be local, at the site of the oscillating dipole

May be propagated at a distant site such as, the skin or a secondary detection site

Propagation of the electric field is at the speed of light

Remember that a wave is a variable electric charge. It is not a line on a piece of paper that is represented as a sine wave.

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Characteristics of electromagnetic waves

Interference

One of the characteristics of propagating waves is that they interfere with one another.

When the peaks and troughs of two identical waves meet, they are said to have a condition of constructive interference because the arithmetic sum of the resulting wave is bigger (more intense) than either of the two contributing waves.

When the peak of one wave coincides with the trough of another identical wave the arithmetic sum of the resulting wave is zero. This is a condition of destructive interference.

By using the electromagnetic model in the study of biology we use a paradigm built upon the most essential elements in our physical existence:

1. Oscillating dipoles producing variable electric fields

2. Variable electric fields propagating at a distance from the dipole source.

These two elements are found at all levels of structure.

They are found in:

Subatomic particles

Atoms

Molecules

Hydrated molecules essential in biology such as sols and gels

Cells

Tissue

Organs

Systems

Each level of structure has dipole depicted waves that are derived from components that make up structure, the result of constructive and destructive interference. For example, waves from subatomic particles are the components that make up an atom. Waves from atoms are the components of molecules, etc.

Locally, at the site where the variable electric field originates, a charge has its own amplitude, frequency and energy, that is, bits of information that gives the charge an identity. In that sense this model can be understood as being information technology. When applied to a living system it is information technology in biology.

Electric fields from each level of structure radiate distally. The ability of variable electric fields to radiate distally is the characteristic that is of most interest to us. In addition to having amplitude, oscillating frequency and energy like the charge at the site of the oscillating dipole, radiating electric charges have an additional characteristic of being able to be propagated to a distal site and to be detected at the site of termination.

In propagating, the electric field, depicted graphically as a wave, results from all of the constructive and destructive interferences it encounters from other sources as it propagates along its conductance pathway. The net result is that portions of some propagating waves are amplified and some portions are neutralized.

Radiating electric fields do not scatter but are modified by forces from the mix of surrounding electric fields to form discrete propagation pathways.

The distal site of propagation, in our model, is the skin.

The propagation pathway conducts both energy and bits of information.

The basis for our evaluation is to match analog wave information from the test subject with digital information in the form of pulse codes stored in the computer.

The propagation pathway is not an anatomical structure such as a nerve, but is a

non-anatomic electromagnetic channel carrying energy and information from a site of origin to a site of detection.

In the acupuncturist model energy is conducted through conductance pathways called acupuncture meridians. Our electromagnetic model detects information imbedded in the energetized conductance pathway

Our next discussion will focus on the instruments used in doing an analysis.

Reference:

Yeargers, Edward K. Basic Physics for Biology (Boca Raton: CRC Press 1992)

Vincent J, Speckhart MD, MD (H)

The Process of Healing

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

When we think of healing we usually think of wound healing. In this type of healing, there is a complex sequence of events that occur immediately after the injury, all carefully orchestrated by a cascade of biochemical reactions that end in repair of the injured site.

These phases are:

Inflammatory phase:

Formation of a cascade of clotting factor to stop bleeding

Platelets aggregation forming a mass (plug) by sticking to one another

Vasoconstriction-an initial narrowing of blood vessels to stop bleeding

A subsequent vasodilatation, to increase healing factors into the wound

Polymorphonuclear neutrophil influx (White blood cells) which:

Help to digest debris and bacteria

Kill bacteria by releasing oxygen free radicals

Clean the wound by secreting enzymes that degrade damaged tissue Undergo apoptosis-a process of programmed cell death

Macrophages (immune white cell) which:

Engulf and degrade white blood cells

Stimulate cells that cover the wound with skin

Create granulation tissue, connective tissue and tiny blood vessel on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process

Lay down extracellular matrix-a gel-like complex sugar that binds cells together

Proliferative phase (a phase of rapid production of new cells and substances)

Angiogenesis-the making of new blood vessels needed for healing

Fibrin and fibronectin-cross-linked fibrous strands to trap proteins and particles

Deposition of collagen-the main protein of connective tissue

Formation of fibrous connective tissue

Epithelialization phase

Final stage of healing with formation of skin over the wound

Contraction

Shortening of the scar

You may pass off your injury with the comment “Oh, it’s just a cut” but you can see from the above outline that the process of healing is incredibly dynamic and complex.

Repair of other types of tissues like bone, nerve, tendon, muscle etc. require similar complex interactions. Viruses, fungi, bacteria and parasitic infections can cause disease and have to be controlled to maintain a state of health as do chemical toxins and toxic metals. There are unique processes in place for healing in each of these areas.

I want to emphasize the word process. That is, there is a beginning, an intermediate phase and an ending. Healing events take place over time, not instantaneously.

As noted above the process of healing can be influenced by a variety of factors including infections, nutritional and immune deficiencies, age, chemicals, toxic metals, heat, coldness or organ failure. And that is just at the physical level.

Influences at the level of the soul, consisting of the intellect, the will and the emotions, may also influence healing, suggesting an interrelationship between these two levels of the body’s design.

Lastly, there is the influence of the spirit, not conventionally included as being important in the healing process, when, in fact, it may be one of the key elements in this process.

Since we are spirit, soul and body, true healing can only take place with harmony at all three levels of organization. I will expand on this topic with a discussion the complexity of the human living system in a future journal entry.

Our discussion will deal with the physical level first. We will show how computer generated electromagnetic signals alter skin resistance and how these electromagnetic altering signals initiate the healing process and sequentially track the healing process until it is completed. It is a wonderfully organized and integrated process.

Scientific discovery yields information that varies with the model that is being used. A model is a representation of “reality” based on tools and observations used in conducting such a study.

A surgeon, studying wound healing, may use a model based on wound closure with sutures, clips or bandages.

A forensic pathologist may use a model based on the kind of wound, whether it is a laceration, a puncture wound by a knife or bullet.

A microbiologist could use a model based on infectious processes that may affect wound healing.

A molecular biologist may want to use a biophysical or biochemical model to determine the sequence of events taking place during the wound healing process.

Our model is a biophysical model in which we compare information that is radiating through a biological system with information stored in a computer system. As an example, detection of an electromagnetic signal representing a bacterium in a skin wound would be useful in establishing an association with a wound infection.

There are two models for electrodermal detection (see my posting: “Treatment Priorities in Electrodermal Testing”).

In the first model, all of the signals stored in the computer are compared with all of the abnormal signals in the biological system.

This model is a general search for abnormal signals

Is not specific for detecting the sites of abnormal signals

It cannot be used to construct an electromagnetic profile for a clinical condition

Does not lend itself to be used in detailed sequential analysis

Disregards priorities set by the biological system

Your body is aware of sites of injury. Just hit your finger with a hammer and it will not take you very long to discover the priority your body has set for pain in the nail you just injured.

The electrodermal system will detect abnormal signals at sites of injury as well.

The second model focuses on biological specificity.

It is the method we have chosen

It is a more targeted method of analysis, one based on the sequential analysis of specific sites over time

This model is an iterative or a repetitive analysis at the same site

It is directed at altering abnormal signals until they can no longer be detected

The relationship between electromagnetic profiles and medical profiles (diagnosis) can be made easily

For example, you can identify the signals that are associated with rheumatoid arthritis or cancer or many other conditions and you can observe the electromagnetic changes that take place during the healing process

Changes can be tabulated for statistical review

Both of these models are electromagnetic in character. For practical purposes we can disregard the magnetic aspect of the signal and concentrate our discussion on its electrical characteristics only. In order to do this, an understanding of the role of physics in biology is necessary. This will be the subject of our next journal entry.

Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures, Henretig, F, King, C (Eds), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore 1997. p.1141.

Midwood K.S., Williams L.V., and Schwarzbauer J.E. 2004. Tissue repair and the dynamics of the extracellular matrix. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 36(6): 1031-1037.

Stadelmann W.K., Digenis A.G. and Tobin G.R. 1998. Physiology and healing dynamics of chronic cutaneous wounds. The American Journal of Surgery, 176(2) 26S-38S.

Vincent J. Speckhart MD

Treatment Priorities in Electrodermal Testing

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Over the years of practicing medicine, I have found that the patient can tell you what is really wrong most of the time, when you actively listen. If needed, the physician may add a few diagnostic studies to determine the medical or surgical specificity of the problem, but it is the patient who sets the priorities based on his awareness of what is going on internally. In history taking we call the patients understanding a ‘Chief Complaint’. We usually follow this by a ‘Review of Systems’ to determine the influence this complaint has on body organs and systems or to see if there are independent conditions unassociated with the chief complaint. Seidel Henry M. Mosby’s Guide to physical examination (St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book Inc. 1995

Homeopathic physicians, on the other hand, want to know the ‘totality of symptoms’ in order to establish a priority for prescribing a remedy. It is the client who provides the information. It is his symptoms that establish the priority for treating. Boericke, William, Homeopathic Materia Medica, 9th Edition, (Santa Rosa: Boericke and Taffel Publishers; The Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, 8th Edition Volume I (American Institute of Homeopathy

1979)

In acupuncture theory, energy flows in channels beneath the skin. These channels represent energy flowing from certain organs or systems to the skin. Symptoms may be modified by inserting a needle at sites along an energy channel. Selection of a specific site for treatment is based the acupuncturist’s understanding of signs or symptoms even though the individual is unaware of the acupuncture meridian system through which the energy flows. It is the individual’s awarenesss of internal events that sets the priority for the site selection of acupuncture needle insertion. Chen, Kuo-Gen, Electrical Properties of Meridians (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine pp

58-63, Volume 15, Number 3 1996)

When looked upon from an electrodermal perspective, energy flows in lines similar to acupuncture channels. Energy flows in pulsed patterns that convey specific bits of information. As in acupuncture, information originates in an organ or system and is conducted to a specific site on the skin without the individual’s awareness of the information being conducted. Alteration of electromagnetic conductance in the organ or system is not only associated with signs and symptoms but is also associated with information being conducted through electromagnetic pathways to specific locations on the skin. The patient is aware of the signs and symptoms but is unaware of the information being conducted nor is he aware of the electromagnetic pathway through which they are being conducted. The individual’s energy flow pattern sets the priority for the sites to be tested. An Electrodermal Analysis of Biological Conductance (Biological Conductance Inc. Virginia Beach VA 2004

Once the initial conductance abnormality is corrected, retesting will demonstrate priorities for the next set of tests. This process (iterative analysis) is continued until the case is completed, that is, there is no longer a conductance abnormality. There may be more than one set of priorities in an examination. Conductance disturbances may be corrected in each of these at the same time.

The advantage of this type of analysis is that the process is patient directed and not ‘machine’ directed. Clinical improvement and electromagnetic changes are able be observed at the same time. The goal for electromagnetic intervention is to obtain a favorable clinical outcome, not to eliminate of all abnormal wave forms.

Until we have a clear understanding of the interrelationship of normal and abnormal waves, both before and after intervention, we should try to detect the fewest number of signals in the conductance pathway that are needed to bring about a favorable clinical outcome. We should try to reduce the number of destructive waves in the conductance pathway that could possibly be introduced by random induction of signals.

In my judgment, iterative analysis is the best way to accomplish this objective and is the best way to develop a scientific format for statistical analysis and data recording.

Vincent J. Speckhart MD, MD(H)

The Background of Experience provides a unique perspective

Monday, November 5th, 2007

 

Dr. Speckhart’s Journal is the basis for our understanding of Electrodermal Screening (EDS).  In order to provide the reader with an understanding of Dr. Speckhart’s perspective, the following is a brief biographical outline of his training and experience.

Vincent J. Speckhart M.S., M.D., M.D. (H), B.S.

Education:

Seton Hall University 1952, Bachelor of Science-Chemistry and Biology

University of Maryland 1955, Masters Degree-Biochemistry

New York Medical College 1958, Doctor of Medicine

Mountainside Hospital 1964, Residency in Internal Medicine, Board eligible

Medical College of Virginia 1970, Post Doctoral Fellowship, Medical Oncology

Certification:

Medical License: Commonwealth of Virginia 1971 to 2002. Currently: Inactive

Doctor of Homeopathic Medicine M.D. (H) 1991, Arizona

Practice:

Flight Surgeon, United States Air Force 1959-1961

Medicine and Surgery, Likuni Hospital, Malawi, Central Africa 1966- 1969

Director of Medical Education/Medical Director De Paul Hospital, Norfolk, Va., 1971-

1972

Private Practice, Medical Oncology, Norfolk, Virginia, 1971-1986

Clinical Investigation of Electrodermal Detection, Norfolk, Virginia 1986-2002

Professional Organizations:

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Investigator

Virginia Oncology Group, Founding President

Mid-Atlantic Oncology Program, Investigator

Hospice Volunteers of Virginia Beach, Founding President

Lectures:

Electrodermal Detection: 1993-Present, Nationally and Internationally

Biological Conductance Incorporated, President 2004 to present. Licensed author and lecturer