Ryodoraku devices

As a passionate proponent of Ryodoraku, I'm glad to hear you're using it to enhance your practice, and getting good results.

I do think it odd that you use Ryodoraku measurements as a way to diagnose on a daily basis, but deny that the measurements have anything at all do to with Qi. If Ryodoraku is completely unrelated to Qi, then what exactly are you diagnosing and how are you treating it? Surely not with acupuncture?

The way I look at it, an x-ray does NOT show bones. Let's be very clear about this. An x-ray shows only the shadow cast by radio-opaque structures when irradiated in front of a photographic plate. So when looking at an x-ray, we're really only seeing shadows of bones.

Similarly, there is no direct way to look at Qi, but Ryodoraku measurements display a "shadow" of the Qi activity in the meridian. If they didn't, then Ryodoraku would not be of any value to Acupuncture practice.

I agree: "See the Qi" is not literally accurate. Not any more accurate than stating that an x-ray lets you "See the Bones."  But from a practical (as in "Practice") standpoint, both are certainly accurate statements for what each method accomplishes for the practitioner and the patient. And I feel both are appropriate statements for use in helping the general public understand our art. Indeed, the idea of an objective, technological measurement makes our art even more attractive to the patients who need us. This is one of the real strengths of Ryodoraku.