Acupuncture and Tuina College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cailun Road, Shanghai 201203, China.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:567987. doi: 10.1155/2013/567987. Epub 2013 Nov 14.
Objective. To ascertain pathological information on hyperplasia of mammary glands (HMG) of patients via the infrared radiation temperature of acupoints. Method. Patients with HMG and healthy controls were tested using an infrared thermal imager. Results. In controls, no significant difference in temperature was observed between points with the same name (P > 0.05). The temperature of all tested points was found to be higher in the group with HMG than in that of the healthy controls, except for the left and right Zusanli (ST36). The temperature of the right Rugen (ST18), Guanyuan (CV4), Qihai (CV6), and Hegu (LI4) reached a statistically significant heightened level (P = 0.046~P < 0.001). The temperature of the Zusanli (ST36) and Hegu (LI4) present on the right side was significantly higher than that of the left (P = 0.001 and P = 0.004, resp.), while the temperature of the left Youmen (KI21) was significantly higher than that of the right (P = 0.008). Conclusion. The temperature of the bilateral acupoints in healthy controls was symmetrical, and the raised temperatures observed of the Rugen (ST18), Guanyuan (CV4), Qihai (CV6), and Hegu (LI4) acupoints of HMG patients and the imbalance of the temperature of the bilateral acupoints Zusanli (ST36), Youmen (KI21), and Hegu (LI4) carried special pathological information about HMG disease.
目的。通过穴位红外辐射温度来确定乳腺增生（HMG）患者的病理信息。方法。使用红外热像仪对 HMG 患者和健康对照者进行测试。结果。在对照组中，同名穴位的温度无显著差异（P＞0.05）。与健康对照组相比，HMG 组所有测试点的温度均升高，除了左侧和右侧足三里（ST36）。右侧乳根（ST18）、关元（CV4）、气海（CV6）和合谷（LI4）的温度升高达到统计学显著水平（P=0.046~P＜0.001）。右侧足三里（ST36）和合谷（LI4）的温度明显高于左侧（P=0.001 和 P=0.004），而左侧渊腋（KI21）的温度明显高于右侧（P=0.008）。结论。健康对照组双侧穴位温度对称，HMG 患者乳根（ST18）、关元（CV4）、气海（CV6）和合谷（LI4）穴位的温度升高以及双侧足三里（ST36）、渊腋（KI21）和合谷（LI4）穴位温度的不平衡具有特殊的 HMG 疾病病理信息。
