Give Every Client A Clear, Visual Wellness Check-In

As a 35-year practitioner and teacher of Acupuncture, Chinese medicine and integrative health, I am always on the search for more reliable and efficient methods of assessing my clients. Over the years, I have used several systems of electrodermal screening and bioenergetic assessment. It is very refreshing to find an electrodermal screening system like the RaDoTech that is fast, simple to perform, portable, reliable, and very efficient at measuring the acupuncture meridian system. It can be used with an iPad, cell phone or computer.

What I particularly like about the RaDoTech device is that it will accurately measure and identify the meridian with the lowest reading, the one that is the priority to address. In many cases, it has alerted me to look more closely at systems I may have overlooked. Right from the results of the measurements, you are able to formulate a specific and effective acupuncture protocol.

Another feature I appreciate is that the system automatically calibrates readings to each individual. It also shows the balance between left and right meridians, and hand and foot meridians, and averages all twenty-four points into a score across five main wellness areas: energy level, immunity, metabolism, psycho-emotional state, and musculoskeletal system.

Clients love the color-coded meridian chart, it is simple to understand and makes them motivated to follow their recommended course. With further readings you can track progress over time. I highly recommend the RaDoTech device to any practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, whether beginner or seasoned.

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 device, 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 an initial review of the device.

As you are aware, the device uses a Japanese system known as Ryodoraku. If used properly, this method will make an accurate evaluation of the body's major systems from an energetic standpoint. However, this view is not from the Traditional 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 X-rays.
• A 66 year old post-menopausal female who had been taken off 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, had upper right sided chest pain. The patient stated that she had experienced this before, that it was not a big deal, and that she had been treated by her chiropractor for a displaced rib. Using the RaDOTECH unit on her, it displayed the right side of the heart in excess.

She was advised to see either her primary care physician or a cardiologist. The patient was initially resistant, but after discussion agreed to consult her doctor. She called about a week later and stated that she did indeed have cardiac issues; her physician had referred her to a cardiologist, who scheduled an almost immediate appointment for further evaluation and treatment.

The patient thanked me for the advice and believes the device analysis was correct and likely saved her life, as she would have otherwise ignored the symptoms until it was too late.

My evaluation is as follows:

1. The RaDOTECH device is accurate.
2. It is very easy to use.
3. It can provide clinically significant information as a means of confirming a known diagnosis.
4. It can provide clinically significant information as to unknown conditions, either minor or life threatening, so that proper treatment or referral may be made.
5. It can provide clinically significant, accurate information as to the efficacy of either Western medical treatments or Traditional Chinese Medical treatment (i.e. acupuncture, herbs, etc.), enabling a practitioner to have a fast and reliable quantitative method of documenting a patient's progress.
6. I would like to continue to study the device and its application in practice, and would recommend it be shown to students as something they might want to incorporate into their 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