ACCURATE LOCALIZATION OF ORGAN REPRESENTATION AREAS ON THE FEET AND HANDS USING THE BI-DIGITAL O-RING TEST RESONANCE PHENOMENON - ITS CLINICAL IMPLICATION IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT .1.
Y. Omura, ACCURATE LOCALIZATION OF ORGAN REPRESENTATION AREAS ON THE FEET AND HANDS USING THE BI-DIGITAL O-RING TEST RESONANCE PHENOMENON - ITS CLINICAL IMPLICATION IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT .1., Acupuncture & electro-therapeutics research, 19(2-3), 1994, pp. 153-190
Accuracy of the widely used organ representation areas, currently used
in different schools of foot and hand reflexology was evaluated using
Bi-Digital O-Ring test resonance phenomenon. Our previous study indic
ated that mapping organ representation areas of the tongue using Bi-Di
gital O-Ring Test resonance phenomenon between 2 identical substances
often provided more reliable clinical information for both diagnosis a
nd treatment than the 2 widely used, but crude, traditional schools of
Chinese tongue diagnosis. This same method was applied for the mappin
g of the organ representation areas on the feet and hands. We succeede
d in mapping the following areas on human feet: 1) Middle (3rd) toe on
the sole side represents the following starting from the tip: A) Head
, B) Face with eye, ear, nose, and mouth (1st Digit) C) Neck and organ
s within the neck (narrow band of space between 1st crease after the 1
st digit and crease at the junction of the beginning of the sole); 2)
2nd and 4th toe represent upper extremities, the beginning tip being f
ingers and hands. The crease at the base of these toes represents the
shoulder. The 2nd toe represents right upper extremity, and the 4th to
e represents left upper extremity; 3) 1st and 5th toes in both the rig
ht hand and left feet represent lower extremities with the tip being t
he toes and soles of feet. The crease at the base of these toes repres
ents the inguinal area. The 1st toe of each foot represents right lowe
r extremity, and 5th toe represents left lower extremity. The sole of
the foot is divided into the following 3 distinctive sections. 1) Uppe
r (1st) section represents organs in the chest cavity including 2 thym
us glands, trachea, 2 lungs, with the heart between them, and with the
esophagus appearing as a narrow band outside of the lung near and bel
ow the 1st and 2nd toe depending upon the individual. Chest section oc
cupies the first 1/3 to 1/5 (on a relatively long foot) of the entire
sole. The boundary between the chest and G.I. system can be approximat
ely estimated by extending the length of the entire toe or up to 25% l
onger to the sole, but it can be accurately determined using a diaphra
gm tissue microscope slide as a reference control substance. 2) Middle
(2nd) section represents Gastro-Intestinal system, including lower en
d of the esophagus, liver, stomach, spleen, gall bladder, pancreas, du
odenum, jejunum, ileum, appendix, colon, and anus. It usually occupies
about 23% to 38% of the area of the entire sole, the longer the foot,
the higher percentage of the sole this section occupies. 3) Lower (3r
d) or heel section which represents Genito-Urinary system occupies las
t 33% to 44% of the entire sole area. In small feet, it occupies a lar
ger percentage of the sole. In the sole of the left foot, each specifi
c organ representation area of the Genito-Urinary system sometimes app
ears in a somewhat rectangular shape with the exception of the penis a
nd clitoris which are not rectangular, but in the right foot, each org
an representation area of the Genito-Urinary system often appears as a
embryological shape of that organ. There is a minor difference betwee
n the right and left feet, although each foot has an entire set of org
an representation areas, including heart in the right foot. Most of th
e currently used maps of organ representation areas either do not incl
ude the heart in the right sole or place it in each foot near the medi
al side. Dorsum of the middle toe represents posterior part of the cer
ebral cortex, cerebellum, pons, medulla oblongata, and cervical spine.
The entire spinal cord and all the vertebrae (cervical to coccyx) are
represented between 2nd phalanx of middle toe and the line drawn betw
een the upper margin of medial malleolus and the upper margin of the l
ateral malleolus at about 2 finger width from the lateral margin of me
dial malleolus towards the lateral malleolus. The dorsum of the 1st to
e represents the back of the right lower extremity, and around the end
of the 2nd phalanx of the 1st toe represents prostate gland (uterus i
n female) and then testes (ovary) and beginning of 1st metatarsal bone
of the 1st toe corresponds to the beginning of the right hip area and
extends to the end of the first metatarsal bone area. Dorsum of the 5
th toe represents the back of left lower extremities. Around the end o
f the 3rd phalanx represents the prostate gland and testes. The beginn
ing of the 5th metatarsal bone corresponds to the beginning of the lef
t hip area, and this left hip area ends just before the bulging end of
the 5th metatarsal bone. Medial malleolus represents the left hip joi
nt area, and lateral malleolus corresponds to right hip joint area. Be
tween each malleolus and the same side of the heel, the upper thigh, k
nee joint, leg and foot with extremely large first toe areas are repre
sented. Towards the spine representation area from the lateral margin
of the medial malleolus, prostate gland and testes are represented. So
me new findings on the hands are also presented in detail in the text.
In general when a specific organ is abnormal and its function is abno
rmally reduced, the size of that organ representation area on the foot
and hand diminishes. When codeine is taken, organ representation area
of heart, lung, and liver markedly diminishes. particularly the areas
where codeine is deposited, and Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Resonance Phen
omenon to that part of the organ disappears. In Ischemic heart or CNS
diseases, 1 minute of repeated deep massage and/or shiatsu of accurate
organ representation areas corresponding to diseased organs can impro
ve circulation to the diseased organ and selectively enhance drug upta
ke in the diseased organ, where previously even the most effective dru
gs could not reach sufficiently. In general, 1 minute of repeated deep
massage and/or Shiatsu of the organ representation area of any abnorm
al organ often improves the function of that organ, selectively enhanc
es drug uptake to the corresponding diseased organ with selective impr
ovement in circulation, often reduces pain, and improves other symptom
s transitionally. Similar effects were also observed with accupuncture
(+) Qi Gong, soft Laser with red spectrum or near infra-red, etc. Als
o the locations of calluses, corns, ulcerations, fissures or cracking
of the skin, abnormal creases, discoloration, pain or tenderness, subc
utaneous induration with or without pain or tenderness in the feet oft
en represent abnormalities of the corresponding organs. Even