Under normal circumstances, the meridians of a healthy person produce values of 50 on the device. Values above 50 indicate hyper-function of the organ being tested. Those below 50 indicate hypo-function. The device can also be used to check for food allergies (with an accuracy of above 80 %) and the blood-glucose levels of diabetics (with an accuracy of above 95 %).
周德愷舉例，德國的傅爾博士根據中醫經絡穴位原理而發展的穴檢儀，能測知正常人的穴檢數值應是在量表刻度的 50；50 以上表示「陽亢」；50 以下是「陰虛」，而且能診斷出食物過敏（正確率 80％以上）、糖尿病的血糖狀況（正確率 95％以上）等。