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Appearance of liquid crystals in acupuncture points

 

Abstract:

 

Liquid crystals of biomolecules occur ubiquitously in biological

systems, and to study the physiological mechanism of acupuncture,

methods involving the detection of liquid crystals have been

introduced. It is revealed that liquid crystals appear in the

acupuncture point Zusanli 15 min after the appropriate stimulus in

the acupuncture point Jiexi, which is located on the same meridian

with Zusanli according to the Meridian Theory of ,

whereas liquid crystals are rarely observed in the points beside the

Zusanli in the same condition. Subsequent studies on the composition

of the liquid crystals detected, using energy dispersive X-ray

analysis and histochemical analysis, suggest that the liquid

crystals consist of proteins and perhaps phospholipids. The results

show that these biomolecules, which are accumulated in the

extracellular fluid of the acupuncture point, may function in the

acupuncture effects, and moreover that liquid crystal detection can

serve as a simple method to start studies of such complicated

physiological phenomena.