“All randomized controlled studies (RCS) and systematic research reports (SRR) were evaluated using Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network and Jadad checklists. The search yielded 136 articles addressing four different fields of medical and psychophysiologic applications of EPI (GDV). Among them 78 were rated ‘‘high’’ on the two conventional checklists. 5303 patients with different problems were compared to more than 1000 healthy individuals.
Conclusions:
(1) The software and equipment EPI/DV-complex is a convenient and easy-to-use device, easily allows examining patients with various pathologies and, therefore, offers a wide range of applications.
(2) The GDV method has shown itself to be very fast (i.e., it is an ‘‘express-method’’ for studying states of the human organism).
(3) Our review has revealed that GDV method can be implemented as an express method for assessment of treatment procedure effectiveness, evaluating emotional and physical conditions of people, and in many other fields.”
In 2008-2010 fifty (50) papers were published in per-review Russian and international journals and 97 papers in the Proceedings of different conferences. Evaluation with strict criteria reduced the collection to 88 papers (see the Systematic Review in the last Part of this book).
What does the EPI method measure in physical terms?
The EPI method is based on the stimulation of photon and electron emissions from the surface of the object. The stimulation is provided by transmitting short electrical pulses. In other words, when the object is placed in an electromagnetic field, it is primarily electrons, and also to a certain degree photons, which are ‘extracted’ from the surface of the object. This process is called ‘photo-electron emissions’ and it has been thoroughly studied with physical electronic methods. The emitted particles accelerate in the electromagnetic field, generating electronic avalanches on the surface of the dielectric (glass) plate. This process is called ‘sliding gas discharge.’ The discharge causes glow from the excitement of molecules in the surrounding gas, and this glow is what are being measured by the EPI method. Voltage pulses stimulate optoelectronic emission, while intensifying this emission in the gas discharge, amplified by the electric field created.
Can this emission take place without an electric field?
Yes, this emission can happen without an electric field, and such an emission is called ‘spontaneous.’ Measuring a spontaneous emission of electrons in the air is nearly impossible – it can only be done in a vacuum. Spontaneous emission of photons can be measured with the aid of a highly sensitive photomultiplier. This emission was measured for the first time by Professor Alexander Gurvich in the 1930s. He proved that the exchange of ultraviolet photons is the method used by biological systems to regulate information. Currently, the area called ‘biophotonics’ is researching extremely weak photon emissions from biological objects. Much of the research done has shown that photons are emitted by any biological object: plants [Kobayashi, 2003], blood and water [Voeikov, 2001], human skin [Cohen, Popp, 1998]. The quantity of photons emitted by the human head in a relaxed state and during meditation varies, and these variations are statistically reliable! [Van Wijk, et al, 2005]
Therefore, it has been categorically proven that all biological objects emit photons, and these photons participate in the processes of physiological regulation, and most importantly in oxidizing restorative chain reactions. In other words, all biological objects, including humans, are glowing both day and night!
Biological life depends on using the energy of photons from the sun. This energy is converted into electron energy by photosynthesis in plants. Through a series of transformations in complex chains of albuminous molecules this light energy is converted into our body energy. Thus, biological life is based on light energy, and organic compounds serve as the working material for the conversion of this energy. The basic ingredients for all conversions are water and air [Korotkov et al., 2004].
Consequently, we are all children of the Sun, living on the light of the world, and we ourselves emit light!
Yet the registration of ‘biophotons’ – spontaneous photo-emission – is an extremely complex procedure requiring special conditions, the most important of which is total darkness. Until the measurement begins, people being tested spend an hour in a room illuminated with a dark red light, after which they are put in a totally dark chamber, where they will remain for a further 10 minutes in total darkness until the measurement starts. This elaborate process should eliminate any ‘secondary luminescence’ from the cutaneous covering following radiation by the sun or artificial light. The measurement process itself takes up to 45 minutes [Edwards et al., 1989]. So the process of measuring spontaneous photo-emission is very complex and long. Such measurements require a special and unique device, and can be accomplished only under specialized laboratory conditions.
The data obtained when measuring extremely weak ‘biophotons’ is invaluable scientific information, highlighting the role of electro-photon processes in the functioning of the body. These results are part of the scientific basis for the justification of the physical processes of EPI Bioelectrography.
In the EPI/GDV method, we excite or stimulate electron and photon emission, and then intensify the resulting glow a thousand times. This makes it possible to take measurements under normal circumstances, with normal lighting, without special preparation of the objects.
All the information in the EPI method is obtained through computer processing of images and mass data. Without the methods of computer processing and specialized software, registering the glows of biological objects would be of no practical significance.
Therefore, EPI software is an integral part of the EPI system, and only by using EPI software is it possible to obtain complete information about the biological object carried by electrons and ‘biophotons.’
What does the EPI method measure in biophysical terms?
So EPI measures the stimulated optoelectronic emission of a biological object. During the measurement process, an electric current flows through the circuitry of the EPI device. Controlled by the design and construction of the device, the current is a pulsed current and is very small – micro amps. This is why the current causes no substantive physiological effects and is totally safe for the human body. But what kind of current is this in biophysical terms?
An electric current can be dependent on the conveyance of electrons or ions. When voltage pulses lasting longer than a few milliseconds are transmitted to the cutaneous covering, tissue depolarization takes place and ions are conveyed. For many electro-physical measurement methods, such as electroencephalography or electro-acupuncture, tissue polarization due to overlapping of electrodes poses a major problem and is resolved by using special pastes or gels. The EPI method uses very short pulses, so depolarization does not occur and ionic currents are not stimulated.
Where does the electronic current in the body come from?
Let us look at the time curve of the EPI signal of the skin (fig. 1.1). A typical curve initially falls, and shortly after the beginning of the measurement it stays at a relatively stable level, with occasional fluctuations.
Fig.1.1. Time dependence of EPI signals from human finger.
There are two phases in this process. The initial stage is the extraction of electrons located in the outer layers of the cutaneous covering and the surrounding tissue. The number of these electrons is limited, which is why the current constantly decreases.
In the second phase, electrons from the deepest tissues in the body are included in the current flow. These electrons have several sources.
Some of these belong to molecular albuminous systems, and in accordance with the laws of quantum