First I chose a patient group and a comparative group composed of 23 members each. Then the body temperature differences in these groups was taken with D.L.T.I.
The results are as follows.
1. Average body temperature of the Hwa-Byung patient group is 36.6˚C and that of the comparative group is 36.4˚C. So there is no meaningful body temperature difference.
2. The hwa-Byung patient group has higher temperature than the comparative group by △T〉1.0˚C at the following acupuntrue points in these body parts upper and lower, left and right , anterior and posterior, trunk and limb. Especially, the body temperature difference was clear in the CV-17 (jun-Joong) and the GV-4(Myung-moon).
3. When the body temperature was compared in the upper and lower part of the back, it had meaningful differences at the upper and lower acupunture points of the back in the Hwa-Byung patient group but not in the comparative group.
4. When the body temperature was compared in the left and right part of the body, its average difference was △T〈1.0˚C in the two groups and the result were meaningless.
5. When body temperature was compared in the anterior and posterior part of the body, its average difference was △T〈1.0˚C in the two groups and the result were meaningless.
6. When body temperature was compared in the trunk and limb part of the body, its difference in the patient group was meaningful compared with the non-patient group.
From the above results, I think that D.I.T.I. could be used to objectively visualize heat sensation of the Hwa-Byung patients and make an objective concept of Han Yul in oriental medicine.
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