CONTENTS

PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................................... viii

PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION.......................................................................................................... ix

Chapter I: The Correspondence between AMI Data and Western Medical Diagnoses

1.                    There Is a Close Relationship between the Sei Point of a Meridian

and the Performance of the Organ for Which That Meridian Is Named.................................................. 1

1)       Meridian Responses Differ form the Responses of the

Autonomic Nervous System .......................................................................................... 1

2)       BP Value Alone Shows a Significant Correlation

between the Sei Point and the Yu, Bo and Gen Points ............................................... 4

3)       Yu and Bo Points Are Viscero-Cutaneous Reflex Points ........................................... 6

4)       BP Value Obtained at the Sei point of Each Meridian,

together with the Corresponding Yu and Bo points,

Is the Parameter Indicating the Functioning and Symptoms

of the Organs for Which That Meridian Is Named ...................................................... 9

2.                    BP Values Observed in Liver Diseases ......................................................................................... 10

1)       Deficiency/Excess Meridian Patterns in Cases of Liver Disease

Observed in the AMI Data (Based on the BP Values) ............................................... 10

2)       Meridian Functions in Relation to Western Medical

Laboratory Test Results (Report No.1: Liver dysfunction) ....................................... 12

3)       Comments by Motoyama on the Preceding Article in (2) .......................................... 25

3.                    Research by Nagayama on BP and IQ Values in Patients with

Respiratory and Liver Diseases ..................................................................................................... 27

1)                                                                               Patients after Thoracoplasty (and Pneumonectomy ) ....................................................... .27

2)       BP Values of 15 Pulmonary Emphysema Patients ....................................................... 30

3)       A Case of Acute Liver Dysfunction Caused by PZA ................................................ 31

4)       Comments by Motoyama on Nagayama’s Report ...................................................... 31

4.         BP Values before and after Cerebral Infarction ............................................................................... 36

5.                    Patterns of BP Values in Manic-Depression ............................................................................... 39

Chapter II: Changes in BP Values before and after Treatment

1)       Changes in BP Values When Gold-Silver Treatment Was

 Applied for Acute Lower Back Pain ............................................................................ 47

2)       Comparison of BP Radial Charts before and after Yu, Bo and

Gen Point Treatments ...................................................................................................... 51

3)       BP and IQ Values in Relation to Therapeutic Effects of

Acupuncture and Moxibuston of Dizziness ................................................................ 53

Chapter III: Changes in BP Values Resulting from Acupuncture Stimulus, 2MP

                      Needle Treatment, Herbal Medicine or Meditation

1)       Correlation between Meditation and BP, AP Values .................................................. 57

2)       Responses Observed in BP and AP Values by Acupuncture and Moxibustion Stimulus                  58

(1) Responses in BP and AP Values by 2MP Needle Stimulus ................................. 58

(2) Responses in BP and AP Values by Moxibustion Stimulus ................................ 59

3)       Continuous Measurements of BP (I₁+I₂+I₃) and AP Values

under Various Forms of Stimulus ................................................................................... 60

(1) BP is a Composite Wave ........................................................................................... 60

(2) Depth of Each Current Flow (I₁, I₂ and I₃) ............................................................... 61

(3) Charges in BP, I₁, I₂, I₃ and AP Values upon Various Stimuli

during Continuous Measurements ........................................................................ 63

(4) Dependence of I₁ and I₂ on Distance between Electrodes ................................... 65

4)       Charges in BP Values Following Needle Insertion at Painful

and Non-Painful Sites in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis ............................. 67

5)       Effects of Aconiti Tuber on the Meridians .................................................................. 69

6)       Effects of Peppermint Fragrance on the Meridians ..................................................... 70

Chapter IV: The Correlation between Meridians, Ki and Environmental Conditions

1)                   High Degree

Temperature ....................................................................................................................................... 72

2)                   Correlation Between BP Values and Lunar Cycle ........................................................................ 73

3)                   Yearly Changes in BP Values of Individual Meridians ............................................................... 74

APPENDIX

Meridian Functioning of Patients with Respiratory and Liver Diseases

Measure by the AMI

by Naohiro Nagayama, M.D. .......................................................................................................... 77

A Study on Medical Herbs (Aconite) and Meridians with the AMI

with the cooperation of Yukio Nemoto, Pharmacist .................................................................... 100

A Study on Effects of Peppermint Fragrance on the Meridians with the AMI

with the cooperation of Yukio Nemoto, Pharmacist .................................................................... 106

Neurosis from the Perspective of Oriental Medicine

by Takeo Jujiki, M.D. and his Fellow Doctors ............................................................................. 111

Analyses of the AMI Date of Patients with Allergic Rhinitis

with the cooperation of Giryo Giryo Sakashita, M.D. ................................................................. 117

Influence of Aconite on the Meridians

with the cooperation of Michio Tani, M.D. .................................................................................. 123

PROFILE OF THE AUTHOR .......................................................................................................................... 131

INDEX ................................................................................................................................................................ 133

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   Figure 29-4 shows the BP values (unstandardized) of individual meridians throughout the year. The values of all individual meridians were lowest in March and highest in July.
   The BP values were high in the lung, spleen and liver meridians in this order, and were low for the urinary bladder, triple heater and heart constrictor meridians.
   Figure 29-4 was compiled from the data of people living in Tokyo. If data were collected from people living in different continents, latitudes  and with different climates, amounts of rainfall and other environmental factors, the BP values would be expected to change. However, it seems to be an unchanging fact that meridian function is closely related to seasonal changes.

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