A birdcage model for the Chinese meridian system: Part I. A channel as a transmission line

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 815-828

  Yung, Kaung Ti ^a  

^a Geneva College   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel; Meridian system; Qi; Standing wave; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NOMENCLATURE; OSCILLATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; ALGORITHM; BIOPHYSICS; CHINESE MEDICINE; HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; MERIDIANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QI; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 21744460565     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04002417     Document Type: Article

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