This study compared the results of real and sham acupuncture on stimulating areas of the brain associated with the eyes. In the real acupuncture only, stimulation of UB 60 regulated the visual areas of the brain. As this report says, “The amazing correlation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to biomedicine is that UB60 has been indicated for the treatment of vision and hearing disorders, respectively, for over 1,000 years.”
The bladder channel specifically reaches up to the eyes, traveling all the way from the front of the face, over the head, down the back and to the toes. It passes through the outer ankle and when we stimulate the energy of that point with an acupuncture needle, it sends electrical currents up through the entire body to the eyes. Because of its passage through the entire back, this point is also notoriously beneficial for back pain anywhere along the back.
But it’s one thing to read it in medical books and see it in practice and another to see an MRI reading showing that when this point is needled, areas in the brain related to the eyes are responding to that little needle inserted in the ankle. It is extremely satisfying to see the medical community opening up to the benefits of acupuncture as more and more studies like this are done.
Here’s the link to the study https://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/786-mriub60tb5#sthash.AlhSvOOR.gbpl
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