The Unifying Concept of Information in Acupuncture and Other Energy Medicine Modalities

Abstract: 'Energy' medicine modalities such as acupuncture probably do not act on the body-mind by virtue of their energy content, which is minute. An extended concept of information, meaning 'that which informs,' is proposed as a new way of thinking about how these medical modalities may work at various levels of organization in humans. This concept includes electromagnetic bioinformation, but may also go beyond it to include information conveyed by other fields more subtle than electromagnetic, which may be intimately involved with life. Research from bioelectromagnetics and an extended concept of information in biology also offer the gift of new questions for research. Further development along these lines may be fruitful toward a scientific foundation of acupuncture and other energy medicine modalities.

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