An introduction to the basic technique and theory of Omura's bi-digital O-ring test

American Journal of Acupuncture

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 195-204

  Shinnick, Phillip ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; alarm points; bi digital O ring test; electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic resonance; Front Mu points; laser; Omura; traditional Chinese medicine; yin yang

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0029840343     PISSN: 00913960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. Unpublished observation; however, this author (P. Shinnick) notes that during Omura's seminars and workshops (1984-1990), Omura referred to the observation made during his brain laterality research that when pressure was applied to create pain, the grip force decreased.
2. Omura Y: Acupuncture (with possible roles of serotonin and melatonin) and related unorthodox methods of diagnosis and treatment: Non-invasive spheno-palatine ganglionic block, abrasion of naso-pharyngeal mucosa, and applied kinesiology. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research, the International Journal (Acupun Elec), 1979; 4(2): 69-90.
3. Omura Y: Applied kinesiology using the acupuncture meridian concept: Critical evaluation of its potential as the simplest non-invasive means of diagnosis, and compatibility test of food and drugs - Part 1. Acupun Elec, 1979; 4(3/4): 165-184.
4. Omura Y: New simple early diagnostic methods using Omura's bi-digital O-ring dysfunction localization methods' and organ representation points, and their application to the "drug & compatibility test" for individual organs and to their auricular diagnosis of internal organs. Acupun Elec, 1981; 6(4): 239-254.
5. Omura Y: Effects of an electrical field and its polarity on an abnormal part of the body or organ representation point associated with a diseased internal organ, and its influence on the bi-digital O-ring test (simple, non-invasive dysfunction localization method) drug compatibility test - Part 1. Acupun Elec, 1982; 7(4): 209-246.
6. Omura Y: Practice of Bi-Digital O-Ring Test. Ido-No-Nihon-Sha, Tokyo, Japan, 1986. (In Japanese)
7. Omura Y; Editorial: New simple early diagnostic methods using Omura's bi-digital O-ring dysfunction localization method and acupuncture organ representation points, and their applications to the drug and food compatibility test for individual organs and to auricular diagnosis of internal organs - Part I. Acupun Elec, 1981; 6: 239-254. (Additionally, the author witnessed this experiment in Dr. Omura's office in 1986.)
8. Omura Y: Re-evaluation of the classical acupuncture concept of meridians in Oriental medicine by the new method of detecting meridian-like networks connected to internal organs using the bi-digital O-ring test. Acupun Elec, 1986; 11(3/4): 219-231.
9. Omura Y: Meridian-like networks of internal organs, corresponding to traditional Chinese 12 main meridians and their acupuncture points as detected by the bi-digital O-ring test imaging method: Search for the corresponding internal organs of Western medicine for each meridian - Part 1. Acupun Elec, 1987; 12(1): 53-70.
10. Omura Y: Electro Acupuntura y Acupuntura Manual: Bases Biofisicas y Bioquimicas. (Electro Acupuncture & Manual Acupuncture: Biophysical and Biochemical Bases). EDAD S.A., Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1984. (In Spanish)
11. Losco M: Suggestions for performing the bi-digital O-ring test. Acupun Elec, 1991; 16(1/2): 53-64.
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13. Omura Y: Electromagnetic resonance phenomenon as a possible mechanism related to the bi-digital O-ring test molecular identification and localization method. Acupun Elec, 1986; 11(2): 127-145.
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