soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds.
William Shakespeare, Othello II, 1
The basic principles of EPI analysis of the person’s energy condition are as follows:
•Information must be taken from the 10 fingers with and without filter.
•The fingers must not be washed before the EPI images are taken. If there is dirt, moisture or sweat, wipe with a soft cloth. In the case of heavy perspiration, wipe every finger just before the EPI images are taken.
•Any strong drug, medications (in particularly hormones and anti-depressants), alcohol change the energy of the body. Ask patient before measuring.
•Different EPI programs provide different information about the energy because they use different principles for processing the information; therefore a full analysis requires processing in all programs.
•The image of the energy field provides a general image of the distribution of energy, it does not allow for a detailed analysis, although it shows basic regions requiring attention. The program Energy Field is very convenient for monitoring the condition during successive measurements of the same person.
•The energy distribution diagram is a very convenient, practical and reliable method for analyzing the person’s conditions. It allows for several types of analysis:
•Assessing the activation and stress level, by comparing the captures taken with and without filter;
•Assessing the general level of energy reserves, according to the diagram with filter.
•Identifying the zones requiring attention (without and with filter, both right and left hands).
•Compare the conditions when taking EPI images in different moments; after carrying out a procedure, exercise, or intervention and so forth.
•Accomplish a detailed analysis of the energy condition of the organs and systems by assessing the various sectors of individual fingers. This can be done with the programs Energy Field, Diagram, and others.
The sector analysis of fingers is the most detailed one, it reveals the particulars of the condition of a given system or organ. Other programs give additional information.
The sector analysis of individual fingers is the final phase of EPI analysis of the person’s condition.
IMPORTANT NOTE
The EPI analysis is not currently certified as a method of medical diagnosis of specific disease. It is intended to provide guidelines to qualified healthcare professionals with full knowledge of patient history and concerns to assist in their design of an appropriate healthcare program. EPI makes it possible to analyze the energy state of a person and his/her autonomic status, i.e. to assess the condition of the body from the point of view of the functioning of the autonomic nervous system.
Using the data from this analysis, as well as other instrumental measurements (such as ECG, blood analysis, ultrasound, visual checkup, genetic data, etc.) the doctor or competent specialist can make a diagnosis as well as prescribe a treatment.
In Russia the EPI device is certified as a medical technology device and is included in the medical diagnosis apparatus registry. This means it can be used in certified medical institutions.
The analyses considered above were based on the use of the Diagnostic Map, which shows the correlation between the separate sectors of the fingers and the energy state of the organs and the system (fig. 1.4). That map was first proposed by Dr. Peter Mandel in Germany [Mandel, 1989], based on the ideas of traditional Chinese medicine about energy meridians. In the 1990s this map was modified with reference to the EPI device and all sectors were tested in medical institutions in Russia on the basis of major clinical material.
All sectors used in the Diagnosis Map have been verified through significant clinical trials.
Mandel’s and Korotkov’s maps differ significantly.
EPI images with and without filter
The EPI filter is a specially made polyethylene film that is placed on the glass electrode plate of the EPI camera at the time of taking EPI images. Its role can be explained by means of a simple example.
Let us suppose that we put on a thin surgical glove and take EPI images of the fingers. They will give a similar bright glow. The glove physically isolates the surface of the cutaneous covering – with its perspiration and secreted skin gases. With the skin surface processes separated from the glass electrode plate, the images will only reflect the particularities linked to the conditions of the body as a single system. In other words, we remove a significant part of the influence exerted by the autonomic nervous system.
The EPI polyethylene filter plays the same role as the surgical glove. It eliminates the direct influence of the cutaneous covering on the EPI images.
With the polyethylene filter in place, electrons penetrate inside this film and multiply there giving an impression of a more smooth and continuous image. These way only areas with strong defects will be presented in the image. So we can tell that the film filters out details related mostly to psychosomatic activity. In most cases EPI images with filter (F) are stronger than EPI images without filter (wF) – see fig.2.2
Fig.2.1. Diagnostic Map after Korotkov
Fig.2.2. EPI images of the right hand without filter and with filter.
Clinical research demonstrated that when we compare the pictures taken with and without filter we get information about the balance of the sympathetic/parasympathetic parts of the autonomic nervous system. When we analyze the person’s psycho-physiological conditions it is essential to take the EPI images with and without filter.
EPI images without filter carry information about the current conditions of the energy organs and systems in a given moment in time. They reflect the particularities of the autonomic status, that is, effects of both physiological and psychological processes. Repeatability and reiteration of the EPI images without filter is determined by the stability and liability of the nervous-psychic processes, that is, by the type of the person’s constitution. From this relationship with psychic liability, the characterization of EPI images without filter [Korotkov, 2001] correlates well with the characterization of psychological types both according to Western principles, and Oriental systems, such as Ayurveda.
We can say that the EPI images without filter reflect the person’s current psychological-physiological condition, his nervous-psychic state and EPI images with filter reflect the body’s base somatic level of energy.
EPI images with filter carry information about autonomic control at the level of stable physiological processes. In other words, EPI images with filter reflect the level of physiological energy that ensures the functioning of the body at a base and organic energy level. This level is very stable, it ensures long term body functioning and remains present throughout psycho-physiological
