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An introduction to human biophoton emission.
Roeland Van Wijk1, Eduard P A Van Wijk
1Utrecht University, The Netherlands. roeland_van_wijk@meluna.nl
Summary
Human biophoton emission, ultraweak light from the body, is linked to biological processes. Further research is warranted to explore its medical applications and connection to health and disease.
Area of Science:
- Biophysics
- Medical Physics
- Human Physiology
Background:
- Biophoton emission is the spontaneous ultraweak light from living systems, including humans.
- This emission is associated with endogenous excited states within the organism.
- Human biophoton emission research suggests potential future medical applications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide an overview of studies on human whole-body ultraweak photon emission (UPE).
Main Methods:
- Conducted comprehensive literature searches using Medline, PsychLit, and PubMed.
- Analyzed relevant review articles and books for experimental setups and results.
- Focused on studies investigating human whole-body biophoton emission.
Main Results:
- Observations cover biological rhythms, age, gender, emission intensity, and left-right symmetry in health and disease.
- Includes perspectives from Traditional Chinese and Korean Medicine, consciousness studies, and skin peroxidative processes.
- Analysis of photon signals from hands and technological limitations were discussed.
Conclusions:
- Photon emission recording techniques now offer temporal and spatial resolution.
- Biophoton emission's relation to health, disease, mental states, and acupuncture requires further investigation.
- Despite limited studies, continued research into biophotons is justified.