In December of 2023, I was issued a RaDOTECH © device for evaluation. As it took about one month for me to acquire an Android tablet and accessories to interact properly with this devise, there was a minor delay in my initial evaluation of the device.
Having now used it on a number of patients, the writer is submitting to you an initial review of the device.
As you are aware the device uses a Japanese system know as Ryodoraku, if used properly this method will make an accurate evaluation of the bodies major systems from an energetic standpoint.
However, this view is not from the Tractional Chinese Medical standpoint, that we use at the college.
I am familiar with Ryodoraku as I own two, Ito Model 160 Electro Stimulation units that can accurately perform this evaluation. It is time consuming, and laborious as the calculations must be transferred manually from the Ito unit to paper, then manually analyzed.
The RaDOTECH device performs the initial test with greater ease and speed than the Ito device. It then enters information from the test into an app that performs all required calculations, giving you the raw data, graphs and charts. It is much faster and easier to use than any other Ryodoraku device I have used.
Clinically, I have found the device to be very interesting to operate.
When used on patients, who have a known western medical diagnosis, it will accurately display an issue in the system where the patient has an already known diagnosis.
Examples of having a known medical diagnosis are as follows:
- A 66 year old male with a diagnosis of renal failure; the unit displays a left kidney function of 15 % and the right kidney at about 3%.
- A 74 year old male with a long term diagnosis of Sarcoidosis, the unit displays the right lung in excess, verified by Xrays.
- A 66 year post menopausal female who had been taken off of hormone replacement therapy, displays issues in the urinary/genital region.
- A 72 year old male having the beginnings of diabetes. Displayed pancreatic energetic insufficiency.
In view of the above I would have no qualms stating the value of the unit in confirming and tracking known western medical diagnostics.
However: one additional issue of value needs to be examined, a patient with an unknown medical issue:
A 67 year old morbidly obese female; among other complaints was upper right sided chest pain; the patient stated that she has had this issue before, is not a big deal and has been treated by her Chiro for a displace 3 rib. The chiro puts it back into place the chest pain will go away. I using the RaDOTECH unit on her, it displayed the right side of the heart in excess.
She was advised to see either her PCP or Cardiologist; patient was initially resistant to see either of the MD’s. After discussion the patient agreed to consult her Md; the patient called about 1 week after the appointment stated that she did indeed have cardiac issues; her PCP has referred her to her cardiologist who has scheduled almost an immediate appointment for further evaluation and treatment.
The patient thank me for the advice, believes that the device analysis was correct and has probably save her life, as she would have ignored the cardiac symptoms until too late.
Therefore at this time my evaluation is as follows:
- The RaDOTECH device is accurate;
- It is very easy to use;
- It can provide clinically significant information as a means of confirming a known diagnosis;
- It can provide clinically significant information as to unknown conditions, either minor or life threatening, so that proper treatment or referral may be made;
- It can provide clinically significant accurate information as to the efficacy of either the Western Medical treatments, Traditional Chinese Medical treatment (i.e. acupuncture, herbs, etc.); thereby enabling an alternative medical practitioner to have a means of having fast and reliable quantitative method of documenting the patients progress.
- As such I would like to continue to study the device and it’s application in practice and would recommend it be shown to the students as something they might want to incorporate into there TCM practices upon graduation.If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me regarding this device.
Sincerely,
Dr. Daniel G. Callahan DAOM
Clinical Supervisor and Instructor at the Midwest College of Acupuncture
Owner Operator of Tri-County Center of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine