Converging discoveries in signal transduction and acupuncture are discussed. A modern scientific explanation of acupuncture points and the meridian is important to further the study and application of related techniques. According to the proposed Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature, the meridian system in acupuncture consists of more than 400 acupuncture points and 20 meridians connecting some of the points. Most acupuncture points and meridian points are the high electric conductance points on body surface and vice versa. A model has been proposed that acupuncture points are organizing centers in morphogenesis.
Meridians are separatrices.
Morphologically, the Governor Vessel is also a separatrix that divides the body surface into two symmetrical parts. The acupuncture point GV20 is a singular point - a major sink at the surface magnetic field. This pattern is consistent with the pattern of the meridian system, but different from the distribution of any major nerve, lymphatic or blood vessel on the scalp. In most cases, there is enhanced cell growth toward cathode and reduced cell growth toward anode in small continuous, pulsed or focal electric fields. Some fast growing tissues, particularly tumors, are electrically negative in polarity.