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Reply To The Letter To The Editor (Electrodermal Conductance at Acupuncture Points and Asthma)
Reply To The Letter To The Editor (Electrodermal Conductance at Acupuncture Points and Asthma)
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of electroacupuncture [5]. AcuGraph 4 records a series of [4] Sharma B, Hankey A, Nagendra HR, Meenakshy KB. Interoper-
acupuncture measurements on its computer, and is not ator variability of electrodermal measure at Jing Well Points
programmed to add extra comparison points. Nevertheless, using AcuGraph 3. J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2014;7:44e51.
this difference could be assessed. Some acupuncture sci- [5] Nagilla N, Hankey A, Nagendra HR. Effects of yoga practice on
acumeridian energies: variance reduction implies benefits for
entists do not believe that measurements of electrodermal
regulation. Int J Yoga. 2013;6:61e65.
resistance actually refer to a form of subtle energy. The [6] Yiu Ming Wong. Electrodermal Conductance at Acupuncture
editor of the British Medical Journal’s journal in the field Points and Asthma. J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2017;10:
refused to publish one of our submissions on the surprising 227e228.
grounds that: (1) it was inappropriate to refer to Qi or its [7] Nagendra HR, Nagarathna R. Yoga for bronchial asthma: a
Indian equivalent Prana by their traditional names in a controlled study. Br Med J. 1985;291:1077e1089.
scientific paper; and (2) that no one had shown that the [8] Nagendra HR, Nagarathna R. An integrated approach of yoga
differences were not due to general galvanic skin resistance therapy for bronchial asthma: 3e54-months prospective study.
differences events. Work on this question is in progress, and J Asthma. 1986;23:123e137.
will be reported in a separate article. [9] Meenakshy KB, Sharma B, Hankey A, Nagendra HR. Electro-
dermal assessment of SMET program for business executives.
Again, many thanks to your correspondent.
Voice Res. 2014;2:61e65.