title: Left-right and Yin-Yang balance of biophoton emission from hands.
abstract: Yearlong measurements of biophotons from palm and back of hand of three healthy people were performed. The detection of biophoton was done with two photomultiplier tubes whose spectral range was from 300 nm to 650 nm. The measurement was done on a circular area of diameter 46 mm whose centers were at the acupuncture point Laogong (PC8) of a palm and the mid-point of a back, respectively. The emission rates from the dorsa showed strong seasonal dependence which is consistent with the active nature of Yang meridians, while the palm sides show less seasonal dependence as they belong to the passive Yin meridians. This could be quantified simply by the standard deviations from the yearly average: They were 47.6 counts per second (cps), 66.1 cps and 66.0 cps from the dorsa, and 23.8 cps, 29.7 cps and 30.4 cps from the palms of subject 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Biophoton emission revealed qualitative individual tendencies: The subjects 1 and 2 emitted more strongly from the left dorsa, while the subject 3 from the right dorsum. The left-right balance of biophoton emission was well kept for normal people, which is in contrast with the severe imbalance for some stroke patients. Thus biophoton measurement has a diagnostic potential that encourages more studies.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, Seoul National University, Shillim, Kwanak-Gu, Korea.
authors.forename: Joon-mo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chunho
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.lastname: Hyun-hee
authors.forename: Won-myung
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Seung-ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Kwang-sup
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Soh
authors.forename: Jong Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000379:methods*; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017785:Photons; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012621:Seasons