Abstract:

The Meridian system conceived by the ancient Chinese has been described and referenced for more than a thousand years. The Meridian meaning paths are the main trunks that run longitudinally and interiorly-exteriorly within the body. The Meridian system consists of about 400 acupuncture points and 20 Meridian channels connecting most of the points. It deals with the routing and distribution of energy to achieve physiological functions. It integrates meridian, tissues and organs into an organic whole system.

The Meridian system may be a bio-signal network via the cluster water wire. The cluster water wire May be not only a good carrier for energy and nutrition, but also proton or electron resonance frequency signal. To measure the frequency signals in water directly, two experiments are presented in this dissertation. The first one is the comparison of DW (distill water) and CW (cluster water) in terms of their frequency properties. The resonance frequency valley of DW is found to significantly differ from that of CW.  The second experiment is the comparison of the frequency valley of non-imprinted CW itself and certain frequency preprinted CW. The result shows that several new resonance frequency peaks have been detected in the new imprinted cluster water compared with non-imprinted cluster water.

Petri nets are a very useful and effective tool to model the networked system. This dissertation employs them to model the Meridian system. A modeling methodology is established and an example is used to show it. This dissertation also performs some experiments that are guided by a clinical medical doctor and certified acupuncturist. It measures the electrical properties of three typical acupuncture points. A semi-quantitative electronic circuit model of a typical acupuncture point is derived by using the measurement data from this experiment.  The results of this experiment reveal an important discovery that acupuncture points may be a frequency converter or generator. By inserting stainless steel needles into an acupuncture point, the electronic field around the acupuncture point is changed. Hence, certain disorder due to abnormality inside human body can be corrected and some prior conditions are improved.  Some key properties of acupuncture points are investigated and reported.  Future work includes developing theory and models of water-wire-based bio-network and Meridian system and experimental framework to validate them.

Committee Members:

Dr MengChu Zhou (Advisor), Professor, ECE Dept, NJIT
Dr. Edwin Hou, Associate Professor, ECE Dept., NJIT
Dr. Jie Hu, Assistant Professor, ECE Dept., NJIT
Dr. Edip Niver, Professor, ECE Dept., NJIT
Dr. Zhixiong Chen, New York Mercy College

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Note: All ECE MS thesis defense and Ph.D. dissertation (proposal) defense are counted towards ECE791.