Our photonic / photopuncture torches have been manufactured in Australia since 1991 - initially for veterinarians. Small and large animals respond so well and there being no placebo effect on animals, it was obvious that the same photostimulation of acupoints on humans would be equally effective. Our photonic torches are used by professionals in human and animal health.
We are now able to offer laypersons - you and people you care about, a Self-Care Pack - a Photonic Torch and a text with illustrated traditional acupuncture treatment programs for specific conditions. A veterinary pack for large and small animals is also available. The torch is a small, handheld unit with no other attachments. Powered by 2 AA batteries.
The human pack comes with comprehensive text for self-care using traditional acupuncture treatments for numerous conditions including pain and dysfunction in all body areas ( neck, back, elbows, knees, shoulders etc.); stress; depression; menopause; menstrual problems; skin problems; digestive problems; urinary incontinence; high/low blood pressure; diabetes; headaches; asthma; sinusitis and many more.
The animal pack comes with informational texts which includes treatment regimes and charts.
HOW PHOTONIC STIMULATION WORKS
The nervous system works by an interchange of sodium Na+ and potassium K+ ions - a slow process which could never follow these high pulse rates. What has been demonstrated is that the end effect depends upon the total energy into the acupuncture point. This can be mechanical, heat, electrical, chemical, sound, magnetic or here, light energy. It has to be above a certain threshold, or the brain ignores it, so the rate at which the energy in injected multiplied by the time of application is the key to success. To explain this better, a little physics review follows.
The Energy In Light
Early in the 20th Century Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr pointed out that in some contexts, it is legitimate to describe light as electromagnetic waves; but when light interacts with matter, it behaves as if its energy is contained in packets of value hf where h is Plank's universal constant of action, and f is the frequency of the light. The energy packet hf is referred to as a photon. This is the "Quantum Theory".
The present view is that light has a dual character. In its propagation it consists of electromagnetic waves, but when it interacts with matter in emission, absorption and scattering processes we must consider it as composed of photons. The photo-acupuncture process consists of the emission of light from a semiconductor chip, its scattering through the flesh, and absorption into the nervous system, so it can only be sensibly described as a stream of photons. Terms such as coherence and collimation describe waves, not particles, so are meaningless with photons.
When a photon decays, it becomes an electron with the same energy level. In photonic stimulation of acupuncture points / photopuncture, most photons decay in the tissues, but those which encounter the acupuncture point stimulate it electrically, thus sending patterns of stimulus to the brain. Photons are fundamental particles and differ from each other only in their energy level, i.e. their perceived colour.
A red photon from a laser is identical with a red photon from a GaAlAs chip or from a burning match. Ascribing other properties to them would probably be contrary to modern Physics. The objective is to achieve levels of stimulation which the brain cannot ignore.
