Steve Meeker wrote:
>
> I have been watching this thread for awhile and now need to do a couple
> of pennies worth. Acupuncture, specifically microsystems [ear,
> hand,etc] are my biz. I also design and make ear tools for
> prfessionals. I sell a couple of devices, but that is not my main
> focus.
> There are basically 2 types of finders [treatment types later] the
> chinese and french. every one out there regaldless of name is a
> variation of these. they are, with varying degrees of sophistication
> ohmeters. they measure resistance on a point. HOW they do that is the
> difference.
> the chinese [developed in china late 50-60's] is the most seen, and is
> the types discussed on this list. the acuhealth sold all over the world
> is a great example. it has one small electrode that you touch to the
> skin, and a metal plate on the device to complete the circuit. these
> things can be extremely crude, or more upscale with a "squelch knob" to
> set base resistance, because evrybody and body part is different. think
> of these as circumcised units.
> the uncircumcised or french [deveolped in Lyon in the 50's] has a rod
> inside of a insulated tube, both on a spring, and measures extremely
> fine areas [= and - close together] instead of the whole body area like
> the chinese. there is a handhold for the patint, but this is a BIAS to
> set the machine to zero, because this machine measures both + and-
> points wheras the french has only one polarity. this is much more
> therapeutic as the chinese do not measure the chronic focus of disease
> and therfore do not have as good as success.
> the other differences are that the frnch machine has 8 frequencies that
> have to do with tissue types [nerves, muscle, brain, etc] because each
> cell type has a firing frequency. the chinese either has a fixed factory
> freq or a potentiometer that has a poor readout.
> the chinese machines are very inexpensive, the french expensive.
> I use both daily. one is fast and easy, the other much more effective
> but slower. chinese machines can hurt during treatment phase, but I use
> needles, gold/silver or lasers so I dont use that phase of the chinese.
> when i have a frail, sensitive person or a child, i always use the
> french.
> A lot of times failure comes from the machine hurting you, not being
> appropriate or not being trained. it takes a lot more than an ear
> chart-most of them are 20-30 years old -kind of like using a TI-44 to
> run Windows.
> I get immediate results especially with pain and joint problems, even
> using the cheap stuff. It does not last as long, but it will work.
> I have run into and keep running into variations of these machines,
> there are many on the market under many names. some work better than
> others, and you can spend alot of money on crap. the big thing is
> training to use this--that makes the difference.
>
>
> --
> Steve Meeker, Dipl.Ac.,L.Ac.
> Hollywood Clinic
> 1804 ne 25
> Portland, Oregon 97212
> 503.281.3835
> board certified in Acupuncture[NCCA]
> board certified in Pain Management [AAPM]
> http://www.eardoc.com
>
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