Comparative study on skin temperature response to menstruation at acupuncture points in healthy volunteers and primary dysmenorrhea patients |
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Authors: | She Yanfen Ma Liangxiao Zhu Jiang Qi Conghui Wang Yanxia Tang Ling Li Chunhua Yuan Hongwen Liu Yuqi Song Jiashan |
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Institution: | 1. School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China;2. School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China;3. Department of Acupuncture, Hebei Provincial General Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050051, China;4. Department of Gynecology, Dong Zhi Men Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100007, China;5. Department of Acupuncture and Physiotherapy, Beijing Electric Power Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100072, China;6. School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China;7. Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Beijing 100007, China;8. Department of Acupuncture, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China |
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Abstract: | ObjectiveTo assess skin temperature response to menstruation at acupuncture points in primary dysmenorrhea (PD) patients and healthy volunteers so as to explore acupuncture point specificity in reflecting diseases in the light of skin temperature.MethodsFifty-two PD patients and 49 healthy volunteers were recruited. Skin temperature measurements were performed with a skin temperature assessment device at 10 points. Absolute difference between skin temperature of the same point on the left and right side is used as main outcome measure.ResultsOn the first day of menstruation, when menstrual pain attacking in PD patients, a significant increase in skin temperature difference was detected at Taixi (KI 3) compared with the healthy group (P < 0.01). A significant reduction in skin temperature difference was detected at Taixi (KI 3) in the first day of menstruation compared with those values in the third day after menstruation (P < 0.01) in the healthy group. On the third day after menstruation, a significant reduction in skin temperature difference was found at Zhongdu (LR 6) in PD group compared with the healthy group (P < 0.05). No significant differences of skin temperature were detected at other points (P > 0.05).ConclusionThe skin temperature difference at menstruation-relevant points in PD patients did not all change significantly more than those in women without PD. Significant difference was only found in Taixi (KI 3), the Yuan-source point of Kidney meridian. |
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Keywords: | Dysmenorrhea Menstruation Skin temperature Point LR 6 (Zhongdu) Point KI 3 (Taixi) Kidney meridian Comparative study |
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