What does modern science have to say about how it works?
Scientists today have been able to measure the electrical charge at certain points on the body, and these recent findings corroborate the locations of the meridians mapped thousands of years ago. A Researcher by the name of Pierre de Vernejoul used radioactive isotopes and a gamma-imaging camera to prove that the meridian system exists by injecting radio-labeled isotopes into specific acupoints on humans. His findings demonstrated that the isotopes traveled thirty centimeters within four to six minutes along the exact meridians described by the ancient Chinese thousands of years ago. To support his findings, Vernejoul injected radio labeled isotopes into blood vessels not associated with established meridians. In doing so he found that “…the isotopes did not travel in the same manner at all, further indicating, that the meridians do indeed comprise a system of separate pathways within the body.” (Burton Goldberg Group 1995, 37) Robert Becker, M.D. (author of The Body Electric), and M
