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KMID : 0363619990200020075
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
1999 Volume.20 No. 2 p.75 ~ p.87
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Effects of Acupuncture at Hap-Kok(LI_4) on the Thermal Changes of Labia Oris Surface in Man
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Park Gui-Jong
Ahn Seong-Hun
Koo Sung-Tae
Lee Mun-Ho
Kim Kyung-Sik
Sohn In-Chul
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Abstract
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We reported that acupuncture on LI_4 effected thermal change on LI_4 and ST25 area, And this study was performed on 100 healthy students to observe the effects of acupuncture at Hap-kok (LI_4) according to the meridian and qi-xue(氣血) phenomenon of oriental medicine’’s theory, The results was 1. In healthy man, mean skin temperatures of LI_4, ST25, CV12 areas(Control) were decreased, 2. In left LI_4 acupuncture group, the temperature of abdominal skin and LI_4 area had the tendency of increase, both right and left LI_4 acupuncture group, the temperature of abdominal skin and LI_4 area had not significant tendency. 3. In the research of thermal difference which eliminate a special region temperature, in the control group, the thermal changes had not significant tendency, in the left LI_4 acupuncture group and both right and left LI_4 acupuncture group, the thermal changes had tendency to be increased, 4. In the deviation analysis which mean of each group is excluded, in the control group, it turned out that deviation is regular for 10 minutes; in the left LI_4 acupuncture group and both right and left LI_4 acupuncture group, it turned out that deviation is more larger than the control group for 10 minutes. The above results indicates that Digital Thermography is a useful method to observe effects and changes by acupuncture stimulation on objective evaluation of phenomenon for the meridian system. Thus, acupuncture on LI_4 affects to thermal changes of the abdominal skin and LI_4 area, but exact examination of thermal changes on abdominal skin will have to be done.
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KEYWORD
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Acupuncture, Meridian, Hap-Kok, Skin Temperature, Digital Thermography
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