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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2011, Article ID 878391, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2011/878391 Research Article Abnormal Gastroscopy Findings Were Related to Lower Meridian Energy Sheng-Miauh Huang,1 Li-Yin Chien,2 Chun-Chao Chang,3 Ping-Ho Chen,4 and Chen-Jei Tai4, 5 1 School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan 2 Institute of Clinical and Community Health Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan 3 Department of Gastroenterology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan 4 Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan 5 Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan Correspondence should be addressed to Chen-Jei Tai, chenjtai@.tw Received 13 May 2010; Revised 20 September 2010; Accepted 10 October 2010 Copyright © 2011 Sheng-Miauh Huang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. According to the theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), energy runs through 12 meridians longitudinally up and down the body. The study objectives were to compare the meridian energy between subjects with and without abnormal gastroscopy findings. We applied a cross-sectional and correlational research design. The study included 1,223 participants who had their health examinations at a university hospital in Taipei from 1st August 2005 through 31st August 2007. Meridian energy was examined using a meridian energy analysis device. The gastroscopy was operated by certified gastroenterologists. Participants