2.1.2. General features of acupuncture diagnostics on the device ats-6

The peculiarity of the device ATS-6 is its steadiness to external interference. That’s why when you make acupuncture diagnostics you needn’t resort to such generally accepted attributes as stripping the patient, using a rubber carpet, gloves for a diagnostician, etc. At the same time it is necessary to take into account the Following factors which influence the accuracy of investigation:

2.1.2.1. You should not receive the diagnostic information in the places where the skin is hurt, because the state of a skin surface influences the indications of any acupuncture device, including the device ATS-6. You should keep in mind that any skin injury (fresh scratches, cuts, posttraumatic seams, and combustion) could be the cause of distorted indications.

2.1.2.2.According to the generally accepted traditions in acupuncture diagnostics it is reasonable to eliminate the influence of factors leading to the change of the state of acupuncture system and distortions of the results of the diagnostics in the process of investigation. Such factors include taking medicine, the presence of strangers, unsatisfactory emotional and physical state of examinee and researcher, wearing jewelry. The investigator is more interested in the typical state of this or that organ than in the reaction to the influences in some situation (it can be the subject of separate investigation).

2.1.2.3. By analogy with the individual peculiarities of psychic states, processes, qualities you may speak about the individual peculiarities (individual norm) of acupuncture activity. In this connection putting the diagnosis means the comparison of the received result with the individual norm which also has its individual variations. In order to solve this task the device ATS-6 gives the opportunity to reveal and fix an individual acupuncture norm.

2.1.2.4. It is known that many organs are connected with pair BAP, which are placed symmetrically on the opposite sides of body and head, and also on symmetric extremities. It is noticed that in normal state symmetric BAP give identical indexes, if the function of the organ is violated – their indexes are different. That’s why it is necessary to diagnose pair BAP simultaneously. It has also been foreseen by the construction of the device ATS-6, which gives the opportunity to make a dual-channel diagnostics simultaneously.

2.1.3. The procedure of diagnostics

2.1.3.1. Take the probes for acupuncture diagnostics out of the container 19 and insert the tip of the probes 5 into the plug (see picture 2).

2.1.3.2. Put all the buttons of the switch into a position when they are switched off. Push the button “A”.

2.1.3.3. Put the electrode of a red probe to the metal control button 6, which is placed on the panel of the device ATS-6 under the plug for probes. With the help of the right handle of the amplifier set the indication of the arrow of right indicator on “10”. In such way the average norm corresponding to the traditional norm of the devices for acupuncture diagnostics is set.

Adjust the second channel of acupuncture diagnostics by analogy. Use the second probe, left handle of the amplifier and left indicator.

Note. Some models of the device ATS-6 contain romper suit amplifiers. Their handles are situated on the left and right edges of the upper panel. Moving the appropriate handle upward makes the amplification of the output signal, and its weakening is made by moving the handle downwards.

2.1.3.4. Ask your examinee to sit by your left side and prepare the surface of his skin for carrying out of the diagnostics. If the skin is excessively dry – water it, and if it is too humid – dry with a towel.

2.1.3.5. Ask the examinee to put the palm of any hand on one of the lower lamellar electrodes.

2.1.3.6. Search for the point according to the necessary anatomic orientations, which are described in the text and shown in pictures of the given manual, and also in special atlases and manuals.

As the localization of BAP has individual peculiarities because of the individual peculiarities of body structure (height, fatness and others) there may be a necessity to define the localization of this or that point more precisely for a concrete patient. For this purpose, after the application of the electrode of a probe to the point (by anatomic orientation) pass it on the zone of a point (in radius from two up to six millimeters).

In the center of the point the indication of the arrow will be maximal in comparison with the other skin sites. As it distances from the center the indication of the arrow will reduce proportionally. That’s why you should make the main measurement in the center of the point.

2.1.3.7. Press the tip of the electrode on skin in the center of the investigated point with a force equal to 5 H, i.e. with the force that is sufficient to feel the hardness of tissues.

You should make the pressure perpendicularly to the bone, which is situated under the investigated point, if there is no any bone – press it perpendicularly to the skin surface.

When the electrode presses the skin, the readings of the indicator will raise. The moment the reading of the indicator reaches its maximal mark you should remember the received result.

2.1.3.8. Keep on pressing the same point during three more seconds. Usually after the arrow of the indicator reaches its maximal indication it begins to move back (to fall). This phenomenon is called the effect of Voll. In three seconds make the counting of the arrow indications and put down the result in column 4, table 4. Simultaneously put down the result of maximal indication in column 3.

Таблица 4 — Протокол измерения точек для выставления индивидуальной акупунктурной нормы

№ процедуры	Обозначение БАТ	Показатель максимальной активности БАТ, деления
1	2	3
		ФАТсред =

Table 4. – The report of acupuncture diagnostics

Оf the procedure	The denotation of BAP	Activity index of BAP, divisions		The index of Voll effect (Δ)
		maximal	after falling of the arrow	absolute, divisions	relative in %
1	2	3	4	5	6

2.1.3.9. Taking into account item 1.2.3. make out the individual acupuncture norm. For this purpose:

2.1.3.9.1. Calculate arithmetic mean background index of five- six BAP. You should take into account only those indexes of BAP which are typical of a given examinee, i.e. not those which are “jumping out” in comparison with the others.

2.1.3.9.2. Calculate the correcting deviation from norm (CDN) according to the formula:

Backgr.AP – 25

CDN= ---------------------- (1),

5

where Backgr.AP – arithmetic mean index of background activity of a point.

2.1.3.9.3. If CDN is less than 1(half of scale division of the indicator), there is no need to establish the individual norm.

2.1.3.9.4. If CDN is equal to or more than 1 and has “+” sign, the individual norm is established by reducing control index on the quantity of CDN.

For this purpose press the tip of the probe to the control button and, smoothly turning the handle of the amplifier counter-clockwise, reduce the indication on the quantity of CDN.

2.1.3.9.5. If CDN is equal to or more than 1 and has “ – “ sign, then, smoothly turning the handle of the amplifier clockwise, increase the indication on the quantity of CDN.

2.1.3.9.6. You should not move the handle of the amplifier in the process of further acupuncture of the given examinee in order to prevent the displacement of individual acupuncture norm.

2.1.3.9.7. While diagnosing small points (for example, those on auricle) use a needle electrode that is included into the package of delivery, and while diagnosing the zones of acupuncture – use a zonal electrode.

Table 5 – The report of the diagnostics of pair BAP

of the procedure	The denotation of BAP	The activity index of pair BAP		The quantity of difference
		on the left	on the right	absolute, divisions	relative in %
1	2	3	4	5	6

2.1.3.10. In order to make a diagnostics of pair BAP you should:

2.1.3.10.1. Tune both channels of the amplifier equally. In order to make this put the electrode of the second probe to the control button and adjust the index equal to the index of the first channel on the left indicator with the help of the left handle.

2.1.3.10.2. Make the procedure of diagnostics using two probes on pair points simultaneously according to items 2.1.3.4. – 2.1.3.8.

Besides you should diagnose the right half of the body with a red probe and the left half – with another one.

Put down the indications of points of the left half of the body into column 3, table 5 and, accordingly, put down the indications of the right half of the body into column 4, table 5.