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Does Quantum ResonanceSpectrometry Work? - Neuroskeptic

This is my fourth post on quantum resonance spectrometry(QRS), a strange medical technology that seems to be becomingincreasingly popular in China. Proponents claim that QRScan quickly and painlessly diagnose almost any disease. However,as I discussed last time, the technology has a dubious history.

But we shouldnt focus on the past. The important question is: howwell do todays QRS devices work? In this post Ill look at someexamples of the technology in action.

First some terminology. I believe that QRS is essentially the sameproduct as Quantum Resonance Magnetic Analysis (QRMA) andQuantum Resonance Analysis (QRA). As far as I can tell, theseare all variants of Ronald Weinstocks original invention, MagneticResonance Analysis (MRA). For more details, see the previouspost. Note that none of these technologies is related to MagneticResonance Imaging (MRI).

Searching for some evidence on how QRS works, I discovered thisTV segment broadcast on CCTV-1, the Chinese state TV channel.According to the show, QRS measures the magnetic fieldsurrounding a sample of the patients hair. The hairs field is, weretold, a copy of the bodys own magnetic field. This field supposedlycontains information about the health of all of the organs in thebody. Water molecules which remember magnetic states arementioned, which sounds like a reference to the strange watermemory theories of Japanese author Masaru Emoto, which Idiscussed last time.

CCTV-1 shows a QRS machine in action. Were told it candiagnose diseases such as cancer. The operation seems to be aseasy as placing the hair sample (in a plastic bag) on top of a greydesktop box as shown below.

I was surprised to see that the magnetic detector is shown on adesk in someones office, surrounded by a computer, a monitor,electric lights, etc. All of these electrical devices emitelectromagnetic noise. Im not a physicist but Im pretty sure that abig old CRT monitor would overwhelm any magnetic fieldassociated with a small clump of hair, given that hair is not a

magnetic material.

Im also not sure how a magnetic field could reveal the presence ofcancer, given that cancer cells arent magnetic. Yet, somehow, thedevice does output diagnoses. Where do these outputs comefrom?

The answer may lie in another very interesting video, from DanishYouTuber Jrgen A. Jacobsen. Jacobsen tested out a QRMAdevice based on a sensor. Rather than requiring a hair sample, thisdevice is sold as a way to diagnose diseases just from holding theprobe in the hand:

Jacobsen wanted to verify whether these devices really work, so hesays that

I imported two different QRMA late 2012 from the most renownQRMA selling companies I could find in China They havemany notes on their site warning about fake analyzers, andclaim they are the manufactures, and they display certifications,so maybe they know what they are doing.I took the analyzersthrough some systematic testing. I quickly found that I coulduse a wet paper cloth or a resistor instead of a human hand.

As he demonstrates in the video, when Jacobsen wrapped a dampcloth around the sensor, it seemingly fooled the device into thinkingthat someone was holding the probe. The machine started happilygenerating a health report. According to the QRMA machine, thecloth had various minor ailments, including moderately abnormalcardiovascular health.

So it appears that the sensor acts merely as a switch, that detectsthe presence of a hand or any other electrical conductor. Wheredo the health reports come from, then? In an email to me,Jacobsen speculates that the diagnoses are actually randomlygenerated by the software that comes with the device. He suggests

that software generates health conditions that will seem plausiblegiven the background information about the patient that the userprovided:

The results must simply come from the data we put in; age,gender, height, weight. From that the software can make manythings seem like a hit to believers. That animation running whenthere is contact, may look fancy, may look impressing, but I amquite sure that it is just the same animation over and over.

Another YouTuber later came to the same conclusions:

The sensor which is supposed to detect the very feebleelectromagnetic waves is nothing more than two platesseparated by a non-conductive plastic, and when held by hand,this completes the circuit due to the skin resistance I totallyremoved the sensor and replaced it with a resistor that simulatesthe skin resistance. I found out that my resistor is suffering fromblood sugar imbalance (its diabetic) and it has problems in itskidneys. Do resistors, too, emit weak magnetic energies thesame as those produced by a human cell?

In summary, it appears that at least some of the products sold asquantum resonance medical devices on the market today, maynot be providing any useful medical information. Until thistechnology has been properly validated, I would not trust any QRSdevice with the job of assessing my health. I certainly would not relyon to answer life or death questions such as whether or not I hadcancer.