Sonopuncture is a modern technique said to be based in part on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and in part on New Age style speculation concerning the harmonic properties of outer space. It uses the application of sound signals on acupuncture points. It is a relatively new and relatively rare system, and isn't used by TCM practitioners in or from China proper. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also known simply as Chinese medicine (Chinese: 中醫學, zhōngyī xué, or 中药学, zhōngyaò xué) is the name commonly given to a range of traditional medical practices used in China that have developed over the course of several thousand years of history. ... New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ... A schematic representation of hearing. ... Acupuncture chart from the Ming dynasty. ...

Here is sonopuncture performed on acupoint Kidney 6, using a hand-held tuning fork.

Sonopuncture does not involve "puncture." It is also known by the name "phonophorese" which is technically more accurate, but not widely used. "Acutonics" is a trademarked name for the same procedure. Technically speaking, any sound-emitting device can be used in sonopuncture. The most commonly used device is the tuning fork. Tuning forks are traditionally used to tune musical instruments. Though these tuning forks can be used, they are tuned to an arbitrary scale such as "A = 440." The tuning forks used in sonopuncture are more typically ones that are made specifically for this purpose. Tuning forks made for sonopuncture are said to be tuned according to the physics and harmonics of our solar system, with the goal of harmonizing a person thereby to supposed subtle energies of the universe, rather than to an arbitrary scale. Sonopuncturists claim that it can be used the same way as acupuncture if it is applied by a trained professional who understands the principles of TCM. photo of sonopuncture, posted by owner of photo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... photo of sonopuncture, posted by owner of photo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A tuning fork is a simple metal two-pronged fork with the tines formed from a U-shaped bar of elastic material (usually steel). ... Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materials have different properties, and so forth. ... In acoustics and telecommunication, the harmonic of a wave is a component frequency of the signal that is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency. ... Presentation of the solar system (not to scale) The solar system is comprised of our Sun and the retinue of celestial objects gravitationally bound to it. ... The deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. ...

Skeptical View of Sonopuncture

Skeptics and the mainstream medical community largely (when even aware of its existence) reject sonopuncture as a legitimate treatment for disease much on the same basis that they reject its progentior's (accupuncture) claims of efficacy. They point out that such claims as tunig forks being "tuned to the subtle energies of the universe" mean essentially nothing from a scientific viewpoint and would say that the whole theory is merely emptyheaded pseudoscience. Phrenology is seen today as a classic example of pseudoscience. ...

See also

• Placebo effect

The placebo effect (also known as non-specific effects) is the phenomenon that a patients symptoms can be alleviated by an otherwise ineffective treatment, apparently because the individual expects or believes that it will work. ...

External links

• Sonopuncture article
• [http://www.sonopuncture.org}