Previously I have told you what the meridians were and what probably drives their functioning. I have some more thoughts on hat last part. Sincce we have got no views on the circulation in the trunk, we have to guess on that part of the picture. So lets see what makes sense. We know that the fluid must reach near the heart to join the lymphatic fluid and again mix with the blood to continue along it’s way. We also know that there are two mechanisms that have been identified for it’s circulation. They are mechanical pumping by muscle activity and electro-osmosis. So what in the trunk provides those actions continuously? As far as muscle activity , I can think of two possibilities, Breathing, and the heartbeat. They are always working. The lungs are more likely because they have more movement and therefore offer more pumping action. The heart itself offers a lot of electrical activity which might help with electro-osmosis. We also can get electrical activity from chemical activity too so the liver, being the most chemically active organ in the body, must be added to the discussion. Personally, I think the lungs are the most likely source with the others only providing a supporting role if that. I could be wrong, but this makes the most sense to me. So I would focus my research there to look at extra-cellular fluid circulation in the chest. So I would first look at where might the meridian and lymph circulation join which they must.Another problem that must be addressed is how do the individual organs exert their influence on the circulation and how. Because of Drs. Darras and Devernejoul’s research combined with Dr. Nordenstrom’s research, we know there is an electrical component. Some organs like the liver, that is easier to understand. The others less so. And how are they connected to the meridians. They are the most difficult questions technically difficult questions to answer. Right now we only have theoretical answers. Is there another dye that can be used in the trunk to get a view of the circulation in the trunk? Where is the best places to inject it? Should wee start at where the meridians go from the arm or leg into the trunk? Should we as Americans duplicate their work on the limbs first or in conjunction to convince us of the validity of their work? Where would the money for this research come from? Clearly all this must eventually be done in order to shut up the skeptics. And for us to see the whole picture. Anyone have any ideas for any part of this? Using a new dye on the Lung and Large Intestine channels is my though on where to start.Another thought I have is for any electrical activity due to inflammation or degeneration in the organ to affect the channel, the connection must have minimal resistance which in my mind leads me to think there must be a direct connection of the organ to the meridian. This is implied in TCM theory. Now we should prove it. So in conclusion, let me say how I see it. The movement of the lungs provides the pumping action for all the meridians to bring the fluid to the chest and near the heart to join with the lymph fluid. That implies that the circulation in all the meridians should be about the same. We can test for that. Somewhere before that, the organs themselves must connect with their respective channel. Now one thing I don’t know for sure that can influence some of this is the French Drs. claim that inflammation and degeneration of the associating organ affect the flow in every associating channel. Did they see that with all the organs or just with some like the liver? This is another question that needs to be answered for sure. I have proved to myself that needling affects the flow through both knowing the exact mechanism involved and doing it to treat problems associated with poor extra-cellular circulation and getting great results.One other thought. We could see with injecting dye if it is really true that the three yin channels of the leg do join at SP6 like we are taught. And it might be useful to know how that affects the flow in each part of the channels. That could tell us if the affects are additive and divisible. In the vein, It would be nice to the effect on the flow from a single needle. In addition, in the same vein, I can see research outside the body to investigate how much voltage or current is required to cause electro-osmosis and how the strength of the flow relates to voltage/current. Once you know that, you can tell what kind of chemical reactions can cause them. So you see even just here there is a lot of research that can be done.
Now just recently I had a chance to see whether the needling from the distance from the problem or the amount of charge on the skin had the greater influence. It turned out the distance mattered the most. That is nice to know for the future. This was for edema in the neck and jaw area post surgery. First I needled LI16 which helped some. Then I added LI4 which helped more. Then I needled LI11 instead of LI4 and got even better results. So you see, applying what I know has practical value. Yet again. And I learned soething in the pprocess.