Patent ID: 8332027

Claim:
An electroacupuncture system comprising a source of electrical potential, a probe electrically connected to the electrical potential source and constructed for selectively contacting skin of a living body and applying the electrical potential to acupuncture meridians on the body, and a processing apparatus in communication with the probe and the electrical potential source, the processing apparatus being adapted to periodically calculate electrical resistance of the skin while the electrical potential is being applied to the acupuncture meridians, the processing apparatus being adapted to store calculated electrical resistance at the acupuncture meridians on the body, the processing apparatus including a program adapted to use the stored calculated electrical resistance to calculate a single balance number based on a combination of values derived from the stored calculated electrical resistances from different ones of the acupuncture meridians, the balance number being indicative of an overall meridian energy balance in the entire body, the processing apparatus including an output device for conveying the calculated balance number.