Bronchial Asthma Clinical Meridian Examination

Meridian examination is the basis of meridian differentiation and therapy. "Huangdi's Inner Classic" emphasized the role of meridian examination in acupuncture treatment, however, there is a lack of awareness of its importance and less actual application in modern acupuncture clinic. The Meridian thermal perceptive measuring method was founded in 1950, its defect in measurement method and results interpretation hurt the application of this technique in acupuncture practice.The application of traditional meridian examination method and improved meridian thermal perceptive measuring to found patients with asthma's meridian examination to detect bronchial meridians for acupuncture treatment, and identified the point selection to provide an objective basis. Improved meridian thermal perceptive measuring methods and results of interpretation, in order to facilitate its clinical diagnosis and treatmentMethodsThe topics chosen for the degree of bronchial asthma in patients with chronic persistent as the study period, the surface of its meridians, back-shu's inspection and inquiry, palpation examination, found that pathological response, and thermal sensitivity determination of the value of knowledge to understand the changes in the meridians.Results1.The traditional meridian examination detectedBody surface in patients with bronchial asthma pathological response was seen in the meridian lung, large intestine, liver, spleen and stomach. Among them, lung (75.6%) and large intestine (51.2%).2. Comparison of the three examinationInspection, inquiry and palpation examination methods to detect abnormal rate, there is a significant differences, and palpation examination found the mostly abnormal meridian diagnosis.3. Back-shu points examinationBack-shu points on bronchial asthma patients abnormal reaction occurred mainly in Feishu (BL13) and Dachangshu (BL25), back-shu points of three diagnostic detection rate is relatively unusual, there is a significant difference, in which the back-shu points palpation method detected the most pathological response.4. Meridian thermal perceptive measuring method resultsMeridian imbalances mainly occurred in the lung and large intestine meridians.5. Meridian examination and meridian thermal perceptive measuring method results compareThe X2 test showed the two have no significant difference.6. Meridian Examination and meridian thermal perceptive measuring method detected the abnormal meridians syndrome casesIn all the syndromes, the rate of lung abnormalities appear more prominent; in hot Asthma the rate of abnormal large intestine is the most.Conclusion1.The traditional meridians and acupoints examination method and the meridians thermal perceptive measuring method were both found in bronchial asthma patients the abnormal meridian to the lung, large intestine by the abnormal rate of the highest, the results can help acupuncture clinical diagnosis and treatment of the disease to provide identified by the election basis points.2. Traditional acupoints palpation examination method in the diagnosis method found the mostly abnormal meridian diagnosis, suggesting that the meridians and acupoints on the examination of particular emphasis on palpation examination;3. Meridian thermal perceptive measuring method of determination to interpret the results, in addition to the traditional imbalance between left and right meridians to determine abnormalities based on the meridians, we must also pay attention to those imbalances are not so obvious, but both sides were significantly higher or lower, these meridians should be considered abnormal.4. Meridian examination method can provide an objective basis for the disease meridians, and is important to make good use of the traditional meridian examination method and meridian thermal perceptive measuring method to detect the abnormal meridian, to identify the meridian, to choose acupoints for treatment.5. This research works on pathology of the meridian can reflect the syndrome, and provides clinical evidence of the lung stands in interior-exterior relationship with the large intestine, provides an evidence of the meridian theory is important in the zang-fu-organs 's interior-exterior relationship theory.