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[/caption]Doctor, my chest hurts…
The physician carefully examines the patient, listens attentively, and discovers a lung condition.
“Please take off your shoes,” he instructs the visitor.
As the patient removes his footwear, the doctor takes a needle and begins to prick his toes. This procedure is repeated multiple times, and the patient recovers.
For centuries, Chinese doctors have treated ailments with injections and cauterizations: they target nerve nodes and stimulate specific areas of the central nervous system, leading to healing. As early as the 11th century, the physician Wang Wei-de commissioned a copper statue of a human body and marked over 600 points—sites for acupuncture for various ailments.
This method used by Chinese practitioners has also been adopted by our Soviet doctors. However, locating the precise acupuncture point on a patient’s body is not as straightforward as it seems. An injection in the wrong spot won’t yield any results. To assist physicians, scientists at Moscow University developed a special electronic device that accurately indicates the correct injection sites.
It turns out that in the areas identified by Chinese practitioners, the connective tissue is looser than usual. It’s no surprise that as soon as the electronic device “detects” such a spot, a neon light illuminates.
[/caption]Doctor, my chest hurts…The physician carefully examines the patient, listens attentively, and discovers a lung condition.
“Please take off your shoes,” he instructs the visitor.
As the patient removes his footwear, the doctor takes a needle and begins to prick his toes. This procedure is repeated multiple times, and the patient recovers.
For centuries, Chinese doctors have treated ailments with injections and cauterizations: they target nerve nodes and stimulate specific areas of the central nervous system, leading to healing. As early as the 11th century, the physician Wang Wei-de commissioned a copper statue of a human body and marked over 600 points—sites for acupuncture for various ailments.
This method used by Chinese practitioners has also been adopted by our Soviet doctors. However, locating the precise acupuncture point on a patient’s body is not as straightforward as it seems. An injection in the wrong spot won’t yield any results. To assist physicians, scientists at Moscow University developed a special electronic device that accurately indicates the correct injection sites.
It turns out that in the areas identified by Chinese practitioners, the connective tissue is looser than usual. It’s no surprise that as soon as the electronic device “detects” such a spot, a neon light illuminates.
