Objectives: 

According to the literature the acupuncture points (AP) are characterized by reactance, thermal radiation, semiconductor effect etc. Changes in some of these parameters, reactance and thermal radiation, have a definite diagnostic importance for the practice of acupuncture. The purpose of this research was to study the changes in some parameters of AP - reactance and semiconductor effect and general electrophysiological parameters - antenna effect and electromagnetic radiation in a radio range, in animals placed at hyperbaric hyperoxia and hypobaric hypoxia.

Materials: 

The experimental study was conducted with two groups of 40 rabbits. Animals were subjected to hyperbaric oxygenation and hypobaric pressure. Before and after loading different parameters were examined: classical - Hb, Ht, RBC, pH, fasting glucose, urea, serotonin, histamine, creatin kinase and dienic conjugates and electrophysiological – reactance and semiconductor effect (AP), antenna effect and radio range radiation. The obtained results were processed by variance analysis. The correlations between variables were calculated as simple product moment (Pearson) correlation coefficients.

Results: 

There is statistically reliable variance of electrophysiological parameters in both loading regimes and they correlate with the reliable changes in hematological and biochemical values which indicate for a severe situation. Changes in the semiconductor effect in our opinion are evidence for increased getting into contact of AP with the energy sources of the environment. Increasing of the antenna effect and the radio range radiation suggest an increased communication with the environmental electromagnetic radiation of studied frequency.

Conclusions: 

The results point to closely relative changes in both extreme loads and are basis for further studies of electrophysiological parameters as correlating method to some classical examination and assume a direct link between the old Chinese medicine and modern medical science.