Migration of lipiodol along the meridian line

Author: Park Joong-Wha 1//Hong In-Soo 1//Yoon Jin-Ha 2//Kim Hyun-Won 3
Affiliation:
Dept. of Radiolgy [1]//Biochemistry, Yonsei University [2]//Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, (Wonju, Korea) [3]
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 2004
Other: Volume ID: 22 , Issue ID: 2 , Pages: 592 , Word Count: 61

Lipiodol, iodized poppy seed oil, is widely used as a contrast media and can be traced by x-ray. Although it was very slow, lipiodol injected to acupoints flowed along the meridian line upward or downward as was suggested by meridian theory. Tracing of injected lipiodol by x-ray revealed that the meridians are a unique morphological entity through which the material flows.

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