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The Bi-Digital O-Ring Test is an alternative medicine diagnostic for which Yoshiaki Omura claims authorship, and for which he holds patent.
The test consists of the candidate patient's forming an O shape with her thumb and forefinger. The diagnostician pries apart thumb and forefinger with his own fingers to determine the strength present. By thus assessing the differing level of strength diagnosis is made, eg, testing the strength of the patient's fingers while stimulating the appropriate acupuncture point by shining a laser pointer at it is supposed to give an indication of the level of acetylcholine present in the patient's brain and testing the strength while the patient is holding different doses of a drug in the other hand is supposed to indicate what dose is correct.
The Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand, in its consideration of the case of Richard Gorringe, examined and dismissed any claims of scientific validity for the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test.
External links
- The Formation and Basis of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test
- Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal or New Zealand findings in re Richard Gorringe and the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test