BDORT - another form of Dowsing

[Guest guest]

Hi Michael, Z'ev & All,

 

> Dear Michael, Now that you have filled in the gaps, I find this to be

> very interesting indeed. I like that the BDORT does show a flexible,

> movable 'grid' with fluent locations of acupuncture points, as this

> confirms my clinical experience as well as other Japanese sources

> I've read. Thank you,

 

Caution colleagues. The world will end at 23.59.99 tonight. My BDORT said

so ;-)

 

Dr. Yoshio Omura, developer of the BDORT, has a large following for that

test. See Google hits for the profile

acupuncture AND bdort OR bidigital-O OR bi-digital-O

at http://tinyurl.com/ycwfaa

and

bdort OR bidigital-O OR bi-digital-O

at http://tinyurl.com/ygkr6a

 

However, the test is no more (or no less) than a form of kinesiology, or

dowsing, using the muscle-strength of the thumb-index fingers.

 

A variation of the test is the Double BDORT, in which the tester uses his/her

own muscle strength to test a mental question.

 

One could just as easily use the VAS-test, or a pendulum, visualisation,

rubbing pad, etc. See:

http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/vet/psyche1.htm

 

I am wary of such tests as a first-line diagnostic test but I use them

(sometimes with good results) when I have to, i.e. when info by the other 5

senses is insufficient to help me make a good Dx.

 

Best regards,

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Phil and all

Thank you very much for that context for the BDORT, a very interesting

article on psychic methods and a perspective I hadn't considered.

Having noted that, Omura and followers are striving for Western medical

acceptance, and endeavouring to establish scientific foundations for

the phenomenon, with some success.

It's interesting to see from my considerable distance how this seems to

be playing out, since of course East has been far ahead of West in the

notion that the body has a bio-electric field or fields, which can be

accessed and influenced. That has meant a concerted effort to map and

use the Chinese system but translate aspects of it into Western terms.

You can see a similar process with the influential Japanese style

acupuncturists working in western settings in the US, such as Kiiko

Matsumoto. An example of this attempt to mesh western and eastern

concepts was the explanation of the apparent effect of SP-9 in terms of

its o-ring testable direct influence on the islets of langerhans and

consequent influence on blood-sugar regulation. (My colleague maintains

that sensitivity on this point is a reliable diagnostic pointer to

blood-sugar issues. The whole explanation doesn't seem incompatible

with the TCM notion of its use for resolving Spleen dampness -- it's

just the extrapolation to therefore having a systemic tension releasing

effect that I have some difficulty with ). Anyhow, a couple of

references follow.

For those who asked for more info, this is one of the original studies

that is the basis of the resonance phenomenon that the o-ring method

tests:

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=1351338 & dopt=Abstract

and see also:

http://www.baobab.or.jp/~oring/e_basis.shtml

 

also, interesting that because he is committed to gaining Western

acceptance of his test, and very keen to ensure thorough and correct

training in its practice (which he is adamant has not been the case to

date), Dr Omura has lodged a patent for the BDORT -- a process that

required some fairly heavyweight western medical support -- see

following:

"

The purpose of this posting is to inform the reader of the efficacy of

this test. In pursuing a U.S. patent on the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test

(BDORT), Dr. Omura, had to provide evidence of the efficacy of this test

to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This evidence was

provided by affidavits taken under oath under penalty of imprisonment

if a

false statement is made.

The following individuals provided affidavits in support of the efficacy

of Dr. Omura’s invention. These affidavits are part of the extensive

evaluation history of Dr. Omura’s U.S. patent. Moreover, the evaluation

history of the patent is open for public inspection upon request to the

United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The following well-established individuals from the U.S. and Japan

provided affidavits under oath with clinical evidence supporting the

efficacy of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test. Also provided are the

credentials

for each affiant. Some of these people have impeccable credentials from

both the U.S. and Japan.

* Yasuhiro Shimotsuura, M.D., Leader of Digestive Organ Research at

Kurume University School of Medicine and Director of Medicine at St.

Maria’s Hospital, the 2nd largest hospital in Japan

* Chifuyu Takeshige, M.D., Ph.D., Prof. & Chairman of the Dept. of

Physiology and Dean of Showa University School of Medicine in Tokyo,

Japan, and former Visiting Scholar of Dept. of Physiology at

University of Pennsylvania

* Maja Tcherkezova, M.D., National Institute of Neurology in Sophia,

Bulgaria

* Brother Michael Losco, Assistant Prof. of Electrical Engineering

at

Manhattan College

* Takesuke Muteki, M.D., Ph.D., Prof. & Chairman of the Dept. of

Anesthesiology at Kurume University Medical School in Japan

* Noryuki Tani, D.D.S., Associate Prof. at Seijo Dental School in

Japan

* Albert Cooke, M.D., Prof. and former Chairman of Dept. of

Neurosurgery at New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn

* Jason Shu, OBGYN, Member of State Board of Medicine at

Pennsylvania

State

* Joel Friedman, D.D.S., Prof. of Dentistry at New York University

* Hiroaki Nakajima, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Pulmonary Division and

Associate Prof. of the Dept. of Internal Medicine of Showa University

School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan and he was also former Visiting Prof.

at Mayo Clinic

* Simon Freed, Ph.D., Research Scientist of Brookhaven National

Laboratory and Prof. of Neurology and Prof. of Biochemistry at New York

Medical College

"

 

 

Michael Ellis

The Lantern Journal of Traditional

www.thelantern.com.au

[Guest guest]

Hi Michael, & All,

 

> ... The following well-established individuals from the U.S. and Japan

> provided affidavits under oath with clinical evidence supporting the

> efficacy of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test. Also provided are the

> credentials for each affiant. Some of these people have impeccable

> credentials from both the U.S. and Japan.

 

Impeccable credentials and technical-sounding blurb, but DBORT =

dowsing / kinesiology nevertheless!

 

Best regards,