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

Recently, in the field of Applied Kinesiology, a mysteriously simple new branch of diagnostic methods has emerged. The author has reviewed some of the clinically significant aspects of the present status of applied kinesiology. The new concept of applied kinesiology is based on the following five factors of the life-supporting system passing through the intervertebral foramen: (1) Nerve; (2) Neuro-lymphatics; (3) Neuro-vascular; (4) Cerebro-spinal fluid; (5) Acupuncture meridian connectors. The three most unique clinically useful aspects of applied kinesiology are: (1) Dysfunctioning organ localization (dysfunction localization or therapy localization); (2) Compatibility test of food and drugs; (3) Compatibility test of input to any of the 5 different sensory functions. Any diseased organ can be determined by detection of a sudden weakening in the muscle strength of one arm while the opposite hand is touching the skin over a diseased internal organ or organ associated point of the diseased internal organ.

In compatibility tests, if muscle strength diminishes by placing the food or drugs in the mouth, the test substance is considered to be incompatible with the body. If the muscle strength is unchanged or even strengthened, the substance is considered to be compatible with or even desirable for the body. In spite of the simplicity of muscle testing, there have been consistent criticisms about lack of quantitative measurement and about subjectivity of the test. Among those who consistently showed decreased muscle strength from refined sugar, brown sugar, Coca-Cola, or 7-Up, the author found a high incidence of medical problems, such as chronic asthma and juvenile lower extremity hypertension. In an attempt to quantify muscle strength measurement, the following two additional tests were carried out: (2) Grasping force measurement by the hand dynamonometer; (3) Electrical conductivity measurement by (a) measuring the DC resistance and its time course or (b) impedance or (c) by measuring the resistive component and capacitive component of the RC parallel circuit, representing the electrically equivalent circuit of the body tissues. The grasping force measurement often showed similar results as the muscle test in applied kinesiology, but the detected change was usually less than 15%. Electrical conductivity measurement often showed significant changes. However, there is a significant factor of subjectivity, since the magnitude of conductivity greatly depends not only upon the condition of the skin and electrodes, but also upon how the electrode was pressed.

A similar tendency was found in all of the three methods compared: (1) standard muscle test without any instrument; (2) hand dynamonometer test; (3) electrical conductivity test. Such phenomena were observed even when the food or drugs were merely placed in the palm of the hand or on various parts of the body surface, and even when they had no direct contact with the body surface. Thus, muscle testing on the examinee by the hands of the examiner is still one of the simplest and most reliable methods, in spite of its subjectivity. Application of electro-conductivity measurement into applied kinesiology in place of the simple subjective muscle testing and its relationship to so called electro-acupuncture after Voll was also discussed.