| Objective:Acupuncture was performed on the left side of the Hegu acupoint for 15 mm in the healthy and subhealthy groups to observe the pattern of skin temperature changes at different time domains at the Hegu,Shang Yang and Qu Chi acupoints on both sides,to investigate the correlation of skin temperature at different states of the meridian flow injection of the original acupoints of the large intestine meridian,the well acupoints and the Hegu acupoints,and to provide a theoretical basis for clinical application of the original acupoints and acupoints.method:Sixty subjects were recruited and divided into 30 healthy control subjects and30 subhealth test subjects with reference to the Clinical Guidelines for Subhealth Chinese Medicine issued by the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2006.After 30 min of rest,Andi brand disposable acupuncture needles(0.35*40 mm)were selected and needled by the same practitioner for 15 mm on the left side of the subject’s Hegu acupuncture point,and the needles were left in place for 30 min without any manipulation.Using a digital medical infrared camera(WNIII0805 general-purpose),the skin temperatures of the acupuncture points of Hegu,Shang Yang and Qu Chi on both sides of the subjects in both groups were observed.The content included:(1)pre-needling period: skin temperature of each acupuncture point area 30 min,20 min,10 min and 2 min before needling;(2)needle retention period:skin temperature of each acupuncture point area 2 min,10 min,20 min and 30 min after needle retention;(3)out-needling period: skin temperature of each acupuncture point area 2 min,10 min,20 min and 30 min after needling.The recorded data were collected and organized,uniformly entered into Excel,and analyzed by applying SPSS22.0 software,and P<0.05 was statistically significant.result:1.In the two groups,there was no statistical significance in the general data such as gender and age(P>0.05),which was comparable.2.pre-acupuncture: the temperature of each acupuncture point area in both groups showed a decreasing trend during the pre-acupuncture period,and stabilized from 10 min before acupuncture to 2 min before acupuncture,with no statistical significance(P > 0.05).3.The effect of acupuncture of the left Hegu acupoint on the temperature of the original acupoint,the well acupoint and the acupoint area of the combined acupoints on both sides in the healthy group:(1)Acupuncture of the left Hegu acupoint,it was observed that the temperature of the left Hegu acupoint,the Shang Yang acupoint and the Qu Chi acupoint decreased at each time point from 10 min of needle retention to 20 min of needle discharge compared with that before acupuncture,which was statistically significant,P< 0.05 or P < 0.01;the temperature of the left Hegu acupoint,the Shang Yang acupoint and the Qu Chi acupoint decreased at each time point from 2 min of needle retention and 30 min of needle discharge compared with that before acupuncture.(2)Acupuncture at the left Hegu acupoint,the temperature at the right Hegu,Shang Yang and Quchi acupoints decreased from 20 min to 20 min after acupuncture,which was statistically significant,P < 0.05 or P < 0.01;the temperature at the left Hegu,Shang Yang and Quchi acupoints decreased from 2 min,10 min and 30 min after acupuncture,there was no statistical significance compared with the temperature before needling,P>0.05.4.The effect of acupuncture of the left Hegu acupoint on the temperature of the original acupoint,the well acupoint and the acupoint area on both sides in the subhealth group: acupuncture of the left Hegu acupoint,a statistically significant decrease in the temperature of each acupoint area was observed at each time point from 10 min of needle retention to 20 min of needle discharge compared with the temperature before acupuncture,P < 0.05 or P < 0.01;there was no statistically significant comparison between the temperature before acupuncture at 2 min of needle retention and 30 min of needle discharge,P > 0.05.5.The temperature of acupuncture points in the two groups was compared:(1)compared with the healthy group,the change in temperature of the Hegu acupoint on both sides of the subhealth group was statistically significant from 20 min of needle retention to 20 min of needle discharge,P < 0.05,while the temperature of the two groups changed at the remaining time points,but not statistically significant,P > 0.05.(2)compared with the healthy group,the change in temperature of the Shang Yang and Qu Chi acupoints on the left side of the subhealth group was statistically significant from 20 min of needle retention to 20 min of needle discharge,P < 0.05.(3)Compared with the healthy group,the change in temperature at each time point from 30 min needle retention to 20 min needle discharge was statistically significant in the right Shang Yang acupoint and Qu Chi acupoint in the sub-health group,P <0.05,while the temperature at the remaining time points in the two groups had a change but was not statistically significant,P > 0.05.(4)The temperature changes at the Hegu,Shang Yang,and Qu Chi acupoints on the right and left sides of the subjects in both groups showed similar trends,with a decreasing trend in the temperature at each acupuncture point from 2 min to 30 min of needle retention and a rebounding trend from 30 min of needle retention to 30 min of needle discharge,but still lower than the temperature before acupuncture.conclusion:1.Acupuncture of the left Hegu acupoint in the healthy and subhealthy groups caused a meridional decrease in skin temperature at the bilateral Shang Yang,Hegu and Quchi acupoints in both groups,suggesting that the meridional flow between the original,well and Hegu acupoints of the large intestine meridian was correlated with skin temperature in different states.2.Acupuncture at the left Hegu acupoint in the healthy and subhealth groups caused the temperature of the acupuncture points in both groups to decrease,and the temperature of each acupuncture point in both groups rebounded to different degrees after 2 min of acupuncture,suggesting that there was an after-effect of acupuncture in different states.3.Acupuncture of the left Hegu acupoint in the healthy and subhealth groups caused temperature changes in the right Hegu acupoint,providing a theoretical basis for the clinical use of the "giant acupuncture method". |
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