Table 1.
Meridian structures, as described in Traditional Chinese Medicine, could not be proven in any of the volunteers. However, artifacts were evident in all volunteers.
| Visualization | |||||||
| reflection phenomena (artifacts) | meridian structures | ||||||
| volunteer # | moxa-cigar | infrared warmth stimulation | arbitrary meridian-structures | moxa-cigar | infrared warmth stimulation | needle acupuncture | laserneedle acupuncture |
| 1 | + | + | + | - | - | n. | - |
| 2 | + | + | + | - | - | n. | - |
| 3 | + | + | + | - | - | n. | - |
| 4 | + | + | + | - | - | n. | - |
| 5 | + | + | + | - | - | - | n. |
| 6 | + | + | + | - | - | - | n. |
+ ... detectable; – ... not detectable; n. ... not performed