Homotoxicology, Retracing &

Bio-electrical Impedance Testing

Presented by

Caryn L. Young, DOM, AP, OT

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An Exciting NEW

concept and tool

History of EAV/MSA

• 2500BC - Electric Eel used by the ancient Greeks to treat Gout by standing on the Eel until their feet were Numb

• 1940’s - Roger de la Fuye, a French doctor, began experiments with skin conductivity and found there are points on the body more electrically conductive than others. These points, for the most part, turned out to be acupuncture points.

• 1953 - Reinhold Voll, a German medical doctor, became intrigued with de la Fuye’s research.

History of EAV/MSA

Dr. Reinhold Voll

1909 – 1976

German Medical Doctor

Homeopath

Refined Electro

Acupuncture Diagnosis

(EAD) Equipment

Radioactive Tracers

Nuclear Medicine and Acupuncture: A study on the

Migration of Radioactive Tracers After Injection at

Acupoints.

Darras, Jean Claude, M.D.; De Vernejoul, Pierre, M.D., Albarede, Pierre,

C.H.U. American Journal of Acupuncture, Vol 20, No. 3, 1992

This Study Reports on the continuing work of the authors to investigate the

pathways of acupuncture meridians in the human body through the injection

of radioactive tracers at acupuncture points. This was accomplished by the

injection of Technietium-99m (99mTc), as sodium pertechnetate, the

common radioactive tracer used in nuclear medicine. The resulting migration

patterns monitored by a scintillation camera with computer imaging

capabilities.

Radioactive Tracers

Injection at non-acupoint

No migration 307 sec after

injection

Injection at acupoint

Migration 6 cm/minute

MSA Studies – Radioactive Tracers

Nuclear Medicine and Acupuncture: A study on the Migration of

Radioactive Tracers After Injection at Acupoints.

Summary:

It was found that the preferential pathways taken by the radiotracers

coincide with the acupuncture meridians as described in Chinese

traditional medicine, and that these pathways are distinguishable

from either lymphatic or vascular routes.

History of EAV/MSA

Further evidence has shown Acu-points have a

20x greater electrical conductivity than does

surrounding skin.

About 100K Ohms

Vs

2,000K Ohms

Electrical Testing Devices

A few examples…

Electrocardiograph—The electrocardiograph was first developed in

1887 and records in a graph form the electrical activity emanating

from different areas of the heart.

Electroencephalograph—The EEG was developed in 1875 and simply

records the electrical activity emanating from various areas of the

brain.

T-Scan 2000 – In 1999 the US FDA approved (Class III) a multi-

frequency impedance breast scanner for use an adjunct to

mammography for select patients. This device was noted as a

―significant medical device breakthrough‖ by the FDA.

And others…

MSA Testing

Voll found that acu-points, when measured, had the following

correlation to the Physiology of the specific organ or system:

• Healthy tissue in the body had an optimal rate of conductivity

• Stressed tissue has more conductivity or more energy flow

• Weakened tissue has less conductivity or less energy flow

Current Research trends are supporting Voll’s original findings…

• Cancer and normal tissues have offer distinctively different impedance tomography. Cancer resists voltage differently than healthy tissues. (Hawkins et al)

• Pathological changes in organ or tissue systems are reliably reflected in changes in impedance.

• Cancerous tissues contain higher than normal water and sodium content causing measurable changes in the cell’s charge density in vitro (Damadian and Cope).

• Cancer changes the number of charged groups attached to carboxyl-rich protein chains or changes in the cells ability to absorb positive ions. (Ambrose et al).

In Vitro Research: Electrical Impedance Properties in Cells

Properties of human cells and tissue are recognized for decades and essential for several currently used diagnostic procedures

1. Coulter Counter for electronic cell counting, the electrocardiogram for assessing cardiac functioning, and the encephalogram for evaluating brain functioning.

2. Impedance plethysmography for measuring blood volume or electrical impedance tomography for assessing lung ventilation and other physiological processes.

3. Electrical impedance tomography has emerged as a new imaging tool for monitoring pulmonary function as it is a noninvasive, radiation-free technique based on the measurement of electric potentials at the chest wall surface.

4. Multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) that measures electrophysiological properties of water-containing cell membranes and body tissues to predict body weight, extracellular and intracellular water in a wide range of clinical conditions.

5. Myocardial electrical impedance may be useful for detecting and assessing various disease states of the heart tissue.

In Vitro Research: Electrical Impedance Properties in Tissues

History of EAV/MSA

• The name EAD was eventually changed to Electro-

acupuncture according to Voll or EAV.

• Today terms such as Electro-dermal screening (EDS)

and Meridian Stress Assessment (MSA) are also used

to describe the process invented by Voll of measuring

meridians.

So, what is MSA Testing?

MSA Testing

Computer Monitors & Records the ResultsEAV Machine

Resistance Reading

2.4 Volts into Acu-point

Basic EAV Application

MSA Testing

Total Acu-points available for testing number more than 800.

However, the points below that are located on the Hands

and Feet are typically used in MSA testing.

The Twenty Bi-Lateral Meridians

• Lung

• Lymph

• Heart

• Liver

• Skin

• Urinary Bladder

• Gall Bladder

• Endocrine

• Circulation

• Stomach

• Metabolism

• Joint

• Nerve

• Allergy

• Kidney

• Large Intestine

• Small Intestine

• Pancreas Spleen

• Connective Tissue

• Fatty Tissue

Traditional MSA Testing

Quick Facts:

• The patient is the variable in the circuit

• Applied Voltage is constant 1.2 or 2.4 volts @ 12

Microamperes.

• Conductance readings taken at Acu-points

• Resistance Values (Conductivity) of the circuit are

converted to a scale measuring from 1 to 100.

• Computer stores & prioritizes MSA testing data

BioMeridian

MSA Testing – Voll Scale

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Voll Scale

Total Inflammation

Partial Inflammation

Disturbance

Ideal value

Initial Degeneration

Advanced Degeneration

Full Extent of Degeneration

Final Degeneration Stage

Electrical

Conductivity

“I diagnosed one colleague as having chronic prostatitis and advised

him to take a homeopathic preparation called Echinacea 4x. He

replied that he had this medication in his office and went to get it.

When he returned with the bottle of Echinacea in his hand, I tested

prostate point again and made the discovery that the point reading

which was previously up to 90 had decreased to 64, which was an

enormous improvement in the prostate value. I had the collegue put

the bottle aside and the previous measurement returned. After

holding the medication in his hand the measurement value went

down to 64 again, and this pattern repeated itself as often as desired”

If the body is indifferent to the remedy, the reading will remain the same

If the substance is a good remedy for the meridian and the corresponding

organ, the reading will immediately shift to the balanced range.

MSA Testing – The Bottom Line

• 2.4 volts are applied through a stylus to specific Acu-points on

the body that correlate to specific systems and organs - a

―circuit‖ is created.

• MSA equipment monitors and records the conductance levels

of the circuit during the testing.

•The conductivity of the point reading indicates balance, stress,

or weakness.

• MSA testing is an FDA registered (Class II – Prescription),

non-invasive, real-time assessment tool to assist in the

practitioner in identifying areas of concern in the body.

The Big Challenge

Point location must be accurate, and the probe must be

applied at the correct angle. Appropriate pressure must be

applied during measurement which may take as long as 60

seconds.

Fully Automated

• Easier to learn

• Less subject to user error

• Repeatable

Epic Stylus

Most significant

advancement in point

testing since the

1950’s

Graphic display of all 60 Voll Points!

But what do I DO with this??

Homotoxicology: The work of Dr. H. H. Reckeweg

Organ

parenchyma cell

Basement membrane

Ground substance

Axon

Collagen

Mast cell

Capillary

Endocrinium

Biorhythms

CNS

Axon

Fibroblast

Elastin

Defense cell

597 specific conditions

But, HOW can we take

advantage of this information?

HOW can we quickly

determine WHERE our

patients fit on this chart??

First step: Merging of Homotoxicology and EAVReckeweg‖s 597 EAV point/readings that correspond

Next step: assign EAV points (58-60) to the

14 Homotoxicology levels

Remember: the goal is to ―phase place‖ the case. Reckeweg did it by

diagnosis. We are doing it via the EAV points associated with the ―diagnosis‖!

Next step: provide basic protocols

• Voll established 24 fundamental meridians and 60

points that he felt were sufficient to evaluate the

patient.

• a point on each meridian may be high (>55) or

low (<45)

• Dr. Dobbins, recommended the minimum

products that we would use for each EAV point,

each level (high or low), each phase. These

recommendations are source for the generated

protocols.

Bio-Reportorization – Voll

Scale Converted

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Homtoxicosis Table converted to the Voll Scale

Deposition Phase

Inflammation Phase

Excretion Phase

Ideal value

Impregnation Phase

Degeneration Phase

Dedifferentiation Phase

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How Electrical Resistance Relates to

Functional Health

Regression (Retracing!!)

Normal Resistance

Acute / Inflammation

Chronic / Weak

Matrix

Humoral

Matrix

Cellular

Point readings are analyzed and distributed INTO the Phase table!

58 EAV point readings INTERPRETED: approximately 15 minutes.

Practitioner selects final protocol

Practitioner selects final protocol

An example case……

Visit #1 JB

Visit #2 – 30 days later

Visit #3 – 60 days later

Visit #1 WF

Visit #2

Visit #3

Visit #1 M

P

Visit #2

Visit #3