TheChineseacupuncturistsuseneedlestotreatatleastonehundredfiftykinddiseaseswithsuccessesforthousandsofyearsonmorethanonebillionpeoplewithremarkablesuccess.ButithasnotbeenacceptedbythemainstreamWesternmedicine,andtaughtinmainstreammedicalschool.Probablyitisduetotwofactors:theoreticallyithasnotbeenexplainedbymodernscience,andsecondthereisnoquantitativeobjectiveevidenceforit.Thisbookanswersthesetwoquestions.Itprovidesmodernscientificexplanationtoimportantconcepts,especiallymeridiansandqi.Whataremeridiansmadeupof?Whatareacupoints?Whatisqi?Cantheybeseen?Thisbookpresentscopiouspicturestakenbyinfraredimagesmethod.Theyprovidetheobjectiveevidencehowacupunctureworks,whataremeridiansmadeupof,andwhatisthemeasurableeffectofqi.Eachthermographhasmorethantenthousandpixels.Eachpixelisassociatedwithonetemperaturetotheaccuracyof0.10C.Sothescienceofacupuncturebecomesaquantitativesciencewithenormousaccuratenumbersassupportingevidence.Thisbookcontainstwentynineeasytoreadarticles,whichcovermanyimportanttopicsinacupunctureandChinesemedicine.Eachessayhasatleastoneinfraredimage,Sothereadercanseetheimagesforhimself,andunderstandthatthereareincredibleaccuratedatasupportingacupunctureandChinesemedicine.
