Barbara Adde’s Reviews > The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine > Status Update

“…. fluid rich in fat and nutrients from the gut poured out from this line and their offspring took advantage. Over time this characteristic was selected and the nipples became more prominent …mammals emerged.”

“Charles Darwin thought that mammary glands emerged from sweat glands that were more nutritious than normal, but evolutionary biologists are still not sure how they developed. I’m going to hazard a guess….

The Gut channel (nipple line) of Chinese medicine represents a fascial plane that communicates with the layers of the guy. At some point in evolution some animals had a defective channel;…

“How and if the electromagnetic structure of the pericardium protects our heart and allows us to love our life and stay out of emotional mischief is a mystery, but it is getting awfully close to the meaning of life. Whilst the pericardium can be seen to shield the heart from electromagnetism- a coarse form of Qi - how does that work in a way that not only protects us but also provides our life with meaning?”

“Science isn’t entirely rational, though. Chaos theory is the theory of tiny changes creating irrationally massive differences, and quantum theory uses irrational concepts to describe how tiny things behave (for instance, they flit in and out of existence!)”

“An electrical force held in a fabric into which our body is woven: this is science that is beginning to sound like Chinese medicine and Qi.”

“As Becker would say, we really are ‘Body Electrics,’ constantly emitting and absorbing an invisible silent energy that permeates all around us at the speed of light.”