A Study on the Characteristics of the Thermal Line Induced in the Limbs of a Human Body with a Pulse Light ACUP-Stimulation: New Meridian Phenomenon

Authors

  • Hyok Choe Pyongyang University of Medical Science
  • ChungSong Kim Pyongyang University of Medical Science
  • SunGyol Mun Pyongyang University of Medical Science
  • YongGuk Pak Pyongyang University of Medical Science
  • YongGun Kim Pyongyang University of Medical Science
  • JinSong Jang Pyongyang University of Medical Science
  • KumSok Li Pyongyang University of Medical Science

Keywords:

infrared thermology, meridian, meridian phenomenon, meridian-like thermal line, thermal line

Abstract

As the essence is clarified through phenomena, so the essence of the meridian is explained through their phenomena. In the past, it was attempted to clarify the nature of meridian by exploring the mechanisms of the meridian, but the aim of the present study was not achieved because of the lack of universality of the phenomena of the existing meridian phenomena. The same was the case for the thermal line—the visualized meridians. The aim of the present study was to induce the universal thermal line by means of a novel acupoint stimulation method and to clarify some characteristics. The present study was conducted in 22 healthy volunteers (mean age ± SD 25.8±4.7; range 20–31 years). After some acupoints were stimulated with acupuncture (ACUP), moxibustion, and pulse light, respectively, infrared images of the limbs were recorded by an infrared camera (Flair C2, sensitivity 0.1°C in United States or FUJITSU 1200 in Japan). In addition, the development, origin, and radiation origin of the thermal line (meaning origin) were determined by tissue oxygen pressure and deep tissue temperature changes. The limbs of human body did not show thermal line when acupuncture and moxibustion stimulation were applied, but when pulse light acup-stimulation was applied, the thermal line was induced 3 min later, and lasted 60 min after the stimulation had stopped and this shape was similar to the classical meridian. In particular, the occurrence and recurrence rate of these thermal lines were 80% and 95%, respectively. Also, the radiation origin of the thermal line was muscle tissue. This is believed to have been the first universal thermal line to emerge with a pulse light acup-stimulation.

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2023-06-09

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023)

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