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ECIWOBiology
and Bio-Holographic
Acupuncture

Summary parts/may as yet functionas a whoJeand preserve

ECIWO stands for "Embryo Contalnine lntormation internalcoherence. On the embryological impJica-
ol the lAhole Ot7ani"m . fel\\ O bolog b a ne^ tionsof thisprinciple,I wrotein 1982:
biological discipline that has been developed in "The ability to utilise holographic prccesses
may
China. lt is based on the hypothesisthat living thu. bc a fundampntdlp@pefl\ ot Ii\ing otgani<m..
otganismshave a mosaicstructure,being composed We shouldexpectit to be an intrinsicmechanismin
of partsthat have embryonic propertiesand contain embryologicaldevelopment,a meansby which the
informationrclating to the whole oganism. ECIWO embryologicalplan of the or]anism is worked out.
biology is being applied to different lields of the life
Dr. Nogie/s image of the human ear and the
sciences, includinE medicine. It explains the embtyo would thusconvey a double insigllt:that of
acupuncture microsystems and gives a new the prcjection of the oryanismin the ear,and thatol
scientificbasisfor the study ol acupuncture.A new the fundamental signilicance of the holographic
nicro-systemof acupuncturebased on the second ptinciple in the embryololical development." (l)
netacarpal is described. Until fecentlywe have,however,had no general
biologicalscienceallowingus to explorethe full
Keywords implications of this holographic structuringof living
Acupuncture,Ear acupuncture,ECIWO biology, beings.Such a new hypothesishas now been
Onl acupuncture, Reflexology,Scalpacupuncture. developedin China and is presentedas a new
disciplineto biologyand medicineunderthe name
lntrcduction of ECIWObiology.
A numberof therapiesare basedon the common
principlethatthe whole orSanism is foundprojected ECIWO biology
in a circumscribed partof the body:earacupuncture The founderof ECIWObiology is ProfessorYingqing
and ear medicine, nasal reflexologyand nose Zhang of ShandongUniversity.ECIWO is an
acupuncture,foot reflexoloSy,hand reflexologyand abridgementol " EmbryoContainingInformationof
hand acupuncture,oral acupuncture, Yamamoto's the Whole Organism".The idea is that each pan of
new scalp acupuncture, etc. Thesetherapieshave the organismwith a certaindegreeof unrLycontarns
beenclassified as eitheracupuncture microsystems,informationof the whole organismand lrussesses a
or as somatotopic,holographicor bio-holographic potential of this wholenessas an embryonic
methods.They have proved useful in clinical posibil:tv In ihis\pn.p Ihe pafl ha. lolipotcn(\. tt 15
practiceand are now increasingly gainingworld- dn cnbryo ol rhe orgdnrsm, or an LCIWO.ThF ear
wide recognition. (as we know from ear acupuncture)of the foot (as
Apparentlythesemethodsreflecta generalphysio- we know from foot reflexology)are such EClWOs.
logicalprinciple:a kind of holographic mirroringof On a more microscopiclevel,the cell becomesa
the wholeorganismin its pafts.lt is a dynamic,two- specialcaseof the ECIWOtheory.In the DNA of its
way relationship:a pathologicalchange in the chromosomes it carriesthe information of the whole
whole organism is reflected in corresponding bodyas a biomolecular blueprint.
changes in each of the microsysterns,and a An organism thusconsists of differentlyspeciaJised
lhe apeu,i( inlenpntionin onc ot tl^emir ro.ystem. multilevel ECIWO5 at different developmental
may effect a corresponding changein the whole stages.AII of these ECIWO5 have totipotency in
organism.That is why we can use thesemethods different degrees.As we know, under favourable
bothfor diagnostic andtherapeutic purposes. conditionsone single cell has the potentialto
The common natureof thesemethodssuggests that developinto a compietenew organism.The same
theyafe due to a generalbiologicalprinciple:a kind may happenfrom the amputatedpart of a primitive
of holographicstructuringof the living organism. animalor from a twig of a plant.In higheranimals
Sucha principlewould obviouslyservethe purpose and humanbeingsthis totipotencyof the part may
of biologicalorganization.lt would help us to not leadto the Seneration of a new individual,but is
expiain how a IivinS orSanism,which to the expressedin the potentialfor a healingregeneration
analyticaleye is composedof an infinitenumberot of the organismas we have discoveredin clinical

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prdclice.
FCIWO biology I ves a conlp elel-v nen' under
tr,lr" . i " l. ' |.r | |
ne\\,"erllr.tr"' con.epl oi the orSalric n,:livi(l!aland
the unily anrorrgits (liilercntprrts. ll is heraldedas a
rew brsic d sc p ine !vilh ifrpoll.rnl inlp icirtiorisin
the domains of b o og-vand in dpp icd I elclsie .1lcd
to ofliar)icbcings,sLr.h.1slhe fieldsoi freclicirreand

Bioltolographic diagttosisand Iherapy

In 197:l \'fg(ling Zhafg dls.ovcred .r ncw
nricrajt]slcmof acrprnctrtte lo(.rledal the sl(leol thc'
seconclrrclar:arpal)orrcof the hancllFlgrrei / .( 21.
Thi\ scconcl nrela.arpal segrr)enlufrsysl-'m (S&151
man *lth the
r e p r e s c n l ,s t i n y l h r c c d i m e r i \ l o l ) a_lhe
seconrlrrctacarlralas is sl.rinaJ n\is. e|]d oi lrc
SMS al lhc fretn(:arpol)h.rlnngea joint is lhe hcad
irfLr-reBion oi this |lri.fos\'stenr, and the other cnd is
the s.r.funrirot.iclr reBion. The othcr acrr-points oi fh..5p..rd ntLaLiq|l)al.r\ten).t bb l1L,lalell) i .. uPun.tu k
the SN.1Scan be deilncd wilh rcieren.:-" lo the
re alivc positionsoi lhc variousrcilionsol lhe lrody. havc as n aor'rsccluL'nce rlrasLlcaly fedrrce(l llreir
prescfiption ol pharm;:ceutica drtrgs. Mosl
a.LrpunctLrisls we have tdlke(l lo in China s.ly llral
as a rulc'trev a.hicve iastera|]d bclle es! ts willi
bio holographic acLpurrcttrreLhan !vith tr.rditionnl

5if)i .rr system\oi bio holograPlticacu poi|1ts(.ln

nea0 be iolrn.l a ofg the olhcf nretacarpaland netat;rrsn
bones ancl, in iac1,along a I ihe long l)oncs ot the
upperrLm0 bocly. Thc ECI\'VO hypothess i\ lhus Ereatly
ungheait crrrichlfg our knor._ledge oi acuprrnclLrfe lloilrtsarr.:l
]VCT their 1l1efap.'Lrt c in{licaliorrs.
stomach L l".rri r " r r r l , r .* p * l n r r r ' ' u
duodenum ECI\'VOis irosaic n|l.l atr ECIWO hns a falc naLr.
Kioney llr' r - 1 " i r I l ' r | . r ' L u , ' . r p r r or r u '
WA SI ear s su(h a Iate frdp. This iatc'malr is ar'rcpitonre
oi the rvholc body. Thls intimate bir-rogical corre
eg roor spondencel)clween lhe Lltc fraps oi Lhc cl ilerenL
tClWOs ariclthat oi lhe who e orSnnsnl cxpl.rinsin
ECI\/o biologlr rvhv bio holographc .r.LrpLrrrctrrre
r.-orl<s.
Arr " Flectne.i\\,ograph" invcflcd b), Pft)lcssof
,i | .. ,,,J | ' ul^ truhi' di , , r,,
o b l e f t i V ea n d r c l i a b l e .T h i s d i a g n o s t cd e v i c c r a s
wor Lhehlghcsiprize.rl lhc Internntlon.rl txhibitio|]l
oi lnve|ll ons irr Paris.

ECIWO biology and canccr research

A.codinS lo tCl\'VO biology,a canr:-"tls an ECIWO
Atr potnt r),1p .i thL' se.ir./ nklr.ir/ri/ r!st.,,, which h,rsbccn anesl-o.lat a very earL-v enL)ryoni(:
sLaqc,the nlofL a stnge,whcre the.ells arc undiiier
This micfosystcnroi ihe se.ond met.l.arpa has enllatccland irr a proces:ol rapid cellularclivision li
provecl ver-v eilcctive .1trd corrVcnienl ior both the cancer ECIWO crn be btotrght lo cleveofr
[]iirgnosi\ ancl lIeal renL. Bio-holographic bevond the morula sln!,e, i1s cel s ',\,iI no longet
ncrrt)L|r.lLrfeoi the SMS genera lv produccs a . r r u . i r . o n r , l F , . . 1r o r lr ' r''
strofg-.r nccclling sensaliof than trad Lion.ll bod)' lhc other ti\\Lrcs of lhe bod\r. Tlre,vr'vill beconrc
, t . , . r ' r i . ' . . . , 1 . - . . , subjcct to nonnal phvsiologicrl ofll.lfiTnti()n ancl
strong-orlherapcutic efie.l. lt is lhcrelore rapldly diifcrenti.rteand div de, nol ai the expenseol but
sp eading in Chlrrawhere 1 is tro\\,bcing pfa.tisecl nacorclng fo lhe nce.lsoi lhe ol8.rn5m.
lf more lliif .lu prov n(e5. Man-vrnedical (locto s lf his lrook "EClll() Iliolog.v f ,t"r1;r111-'" ())
q .,5 ti,',. .,1 \\ ' r'" u
have t.ken up bio holographic acupLlnctlrreanc{ t t ' /

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cancertherapy.The aim of this strategyis not to kill medicine, hotticulture, palaeontologv cancer study
thecancercells,but to jnfluencethem in waysthat and some other realms.... More than Bo kinds of
will further their development and differentiation diseasesin 20,000 caseshave been trcatedand the
beyond the moruJa stage of embryonic rate of effectiveness is over 90/o. Bio-holographic
development. To this purposehe proposesthe useof diagnosisand therapy have proved easy to lean,
different remedies (hormones, phytohormones, .ontenienland hBhl\ et'{etlire rlniLall). 14)
organextracts,embryonjc extracts,Chineseherbal The Se(ond inlcr.|aljondlCong.ecsol FCIWO
medicinesand Chinese medicines{rom lower Biologywill be held in Oslo,Norwa, September 9-
animals) which promote cell differentiation, 10, 1992. Betorethe congressProfessor Yingqing
in combination with SMS bio-hoJogfaphicZhanSwill give a 3 day seminarin the practical
acupuncture, application of ECIWObiology.
At The International Congressof ECIWOBiologyin
Singapore1990 a few casesof cancer treated by Dr Vilhelm Schelderup MD
bio-holographic acuplrncture were presented. The Sjoboden1
largestSroup was from Zhu Xizhang ef a/. of the N-3'100Tonsberg
Worker's Hospital, Liaocheng District and The Norway
lnstituteof ECIWO Biology of ShandongUniversity.
Of the 2,000 cases they had treated wjrh bio
holo8raphicacupunctlrrethere were 16 casesof 1 . S c h j e l d e ' uVp ( 1 9 8 2 ) T h eP r i n c i p loef H o l o s r a p h y : AK e yt o
a Holistic Approach in Medicine. Anerican lounat of
benign and malignant tumors. As regardsthe Acupuncture.1AQ):167 71
therapeuticeffect,they write: 2. Yingqing Zhang ECIWO Eiology & Medicine A Ne||
"On the one hand, the method can inhibit
the Theoty of Conqueing Cancet & A Completely New
pain, vomit and hiccup, increase appetite, and AcupunctuteTherapy.NeimengguPeople,sPress,people,s
alleviate the symptoms for cancers at the later R e p l b l i co f C h i n a
3 . Z h u X i z h a n sC , u a n Q i n s h a i ,W a n gJ i e l i na n d X i a J i a n p i n s
stages,the curative effect is quick and reliable, the (1990)The Clinical Applicationof the IC|WO Therapyro
remissionrate of symptomswas 100yo;on the other ' 0 0 0 . d . p \ l n . l - d , _ B( d n ' p r - . , 1 , P t o \ t p * ' n r r t t
O
hand, after tteatment, some tumors, especially Biolog,1 . 8 h e ' d u ,d t , o -P p \ . B e i ,n g 4 q . q 0 ' .
benign tumors, apparently reduced." (3) 4. Ximing H (1990) Congfess address. In: progress ;t
The limited clinicalexperiencewith this method ECtwO Biologr Hishet EducationPress,Beijin8: I 2
that we have in Norway so far supportstheseobser-
vations.The symptomaticeffectand improvementin
well being of even neaFterminalcasesof metastatic
cancerwith SMS bio-holographic
astounding
acupunctureis
(providedthe patientis not on cytotoxic
No-Needle
Acupuncture
medication). Apparently alsothe cancermay reduce
in sizeand,possibly, in malignancy.
In view of the lack of material and of long{erm
studies, no comprehensive statementon the possible
valueof this new approachto cancertherapycan
'urrenllv be made. This is. howerer,d promi'tng
fieldof clinicaland experimental research.

Intemati onal congresses

Duringthe 1980sfour conBresses of ECIWObioloBy
were held in China.The first international congress
was held in Singapore , May 12-13,1990,with the
participationof 150 scientistsand researcners rrom ld.v ro J,e Elecrronr'
Uril, 5ensF.8 5rirrulate,
26 countries.In his addressto this congressHu AcupuncturePoints
Ximing, Vice-Ministerof Public Health of the
People's Republic of China and Director of State SPECIFICANON
Administfationof TraditionalChineseMedicine, PulseFrequency 14-16H2
stated: Pulselevel 10 - 80v peak
"The founding of the ECIWO Stim.Time preset 15 & 30 sec.
theory and ECIWO
biology is one of the most impoftant eventsin the Battery tife 8800 cycles
history of biology in this century. It will brin] about
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a conceptual change in our uncle$tanding of the InstruciionBooklet& batteries
oryanism.lt will exertan importantinfluenceupon
the development of biology and medicine, For Freelnformation,Contact:-
especially upon the modernization of traclitional
medicinesuchas ftaditional ChineseMedicine..... HOLIS]IICHEALIIHCAR.E
.... Today ECIWO biology is widely applied to Dept.AIH1.68 BadenRd,BristolBS152XE
medicine, zoology, botany, Chinese herlcal

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ECIWO biology and bio-holographic

acupuncture
Vilhelm Schjelderup

Acupunct Med 1992 10: 29-31

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