Meridian (alternativmedicin)

Meridianer är inom österländsk medicin de påstådda linjeformade system med kanaler under huden där "energin" Qi sägs flöda. Meridianerna delas in i huvudgrupperna yin och yang. Qi-energin förmodas flöda genom kroppen via de totalt 24 meridianerna, 12 på var sida om kroppen. Till varje meridian sägs också höra ett visst organ eller en psykisk och fysisk funktion, och ett applicerat tryck på en punkt utmed en meridian sägs stimulera flödet av Qi (eller Ki) genom den meridianen. Det finns inga vetenskapliga belägg, vare sig anatomiskt eller histologiskt, för meridianernas existens.^[1]^[2]

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^ Felix Mann. Chinese Medicine Times Arkiverad 22 januari 2009 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., vol 1 issue 4, Aug. 2006, "The Final Days of Traditional Beliefs? - Part One"
^ NIH Consensus Development Program (November 3-5, 1997). ”Acupuncture --Consensus Development Conference Statement - This statement is more than five years old and is provided solely for historical purposes. Due to the cumulative nature of medical research, new knowledge has inevitably accumulated in this subject area in the time since the statement was initially prepared. Thus some of the material is likely to be out of date, and at worst simply wrong. For reliable, current information on this and other health topics, we recommend consulting the National Institutes of Health's MedlinePlus”. National Institutes of Health. Arkiverad från originalet den 25 augusti 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110825052220/http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm. Läst 17 juli 2007.

[Mann_F.-1] Felix Mann. Chinese Medicine Times Arkiverad 22 januari 2009 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., vol 1 issue 4, Aug. 2006, "The Final Days of Traditional Beliefs? - Part One"

[NIH-1997consensus-2] NIH Consensus Development Program (November 3-5, 1997). ”Acupuncture --Consensus Development Conference Statement - This statement is more than five years old and is provided solely for historical purposes. Due to the cumulative nature of medical research, new knowledge has inevitably accumulated in this subject area in the time since the statement was initially prepared. Thus some of the material is likely to be out of date, and at worst simply wrong. For reliable, current information on this and other health topics, we recommend consulting the National Institutes of Health's MedlinePlus”. National Institutes of Health. Arkiverad från originalet den 25 augusti 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110825052220/http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm. Läst 17 juli 2007.

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