ABSTRACT
Why are energy therapies that have been utilized for centuries still considered to be an alternative medicine technology? Two major reasons are described in this paper. One is that there are no theories to explain the varied benets of energy therapies, which differ from biological (structural) medicine. The second reason is that the efcacy of most of these approaches is not superior to pharmaceuticals. In biological medicine, biological structures at the levels of molecules, cells, and organs are always the direct targets of interventions and resultant changes are used to evaluate ef- cacy. Thus, what are the direct targets of different energy therapies, molecules, cells, organs, or some other undiscovered system? Supercially, all energy therapies are applied directly to the human body, however, where do the different energies go? The bioelectricity circulatory system (BECS) was discovered based on our existing understanding of biology and bioelectricity research,1-4 and this nonstructure system may be the system that directly responds to energy therapies.1,2,5-11
Bioelectricity is an old concept that encompasses electrophysiology, in which cell potentials and organ electricity have been scientically studied, mainly with regard to their generation and properties.11 However, the holistic (overall) bioelectrical current ow and its mutual transformation to environmental energies were not studied until the last few years, when we began to study channel bioelectricity and its relation to health, diseases, and treatment technologies.1-4,12-29
Research in the 1980s by the late Professor Björn Nordenström from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden had shown that specic direct current (DC) microcurrents can restore an abnormal ion electrical balance to treat cancers.7 He also proposed an electrical circulatory system based on biologically closed electrical circuits (BCEC) between normal and cancer tissues.7,10 It was unique that he had begun to consider electricity as the direct target of his treatment, but
he later modied his treatment to take advantage of certain electrochemical benets.7,10
Our studies in the past few years have revealed a BECS,1-4 a nonstructure system (upper part of Figure 41.1). The BECS is a system involved in generation, ow, and exchanges with environmental energy, based on different structure levels. Therefore, the BECS can be described at molecular, cellular, and organ levels, as well as at a holistic (the overall ow of bioelectricity) and an environmental level (energies outside the body) (Figure 41.1).1-4,12,13 BECS (upper part of Figure 41.1) are the counterparts of the biological structures (lower part of Figure 41.1). In order to identify biological structures, body hardware is introduced to refer to biological structures, while body software is introduced to refer to the BECS.1-4,12,13 The relationship between the BECS and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has also been studied and reported.1-4,12,13
Why Can BERT Cure All Kinds of Inammation, Including Bacterial and Aseptic Inammation? ................................... 492 Why is BERT Effective on Many Smooth Muscle Cell-Related Diseases Like Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, Hemorrhoids, Varicosity, Kidney Stones, Gallbladder, Bladder Problems? ........................................................................ 492 Why is BERT Effective on Skeletal Muscle Cell-Related Diseases Like Paralysis, Muscular Atrophy and Spinal Vertebral Diseases? .............................................................................................................................................................. 492 Why Can BERT Cure Pains Including Those due to Cancer? ............................................................................................. 493 Why is BERT Very Effective Both for Fever and Cold Extremities? .................................................................................. 493 Comparison between BERT and Acupuncture ..................................................................................................................... 493 Comparison between BERT and Other Energy Therapies ................................................................................................... 493 BECS Monitoring Technology, the New Check-up Technology of the Future .................................................................... 493
Future Studies and Why the BECS May be the Bridge to Unite Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine ......... 494 Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................................................................................... 494 References ................................................................................................................................................................................. 494
Life energy can be described in four subtypes: bioelectricity, biomagnetic, biothermal, and biolight. Why bioelectricity? First, electricity ow emits magnetic, thermal, and light energies, and bioelectricity has been thoroughly studied at frequencies, powers, and waves in electrophysiology established over centuries.11 Second, it is common knowledge that a at line electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) is used to dene death.4
