Table 1: Comparison of the temperature of 12 sites before versus after bloodletting acupuncture treatment. We compared the facial temperature of 12 acupoints before versus after bloodletting acupuncture treatment by thermography. All acupoints showed reduced temperature after bloodletting acupuncture and had a significant difference.
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Left |
Right |
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Acupoints |
Before (℃) |
After (℃) |
Difference |
Before (℃) |
After (℃) |
Difference |
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BL-1; Jingming |
34.9 |
33.7 |
-1.2 |
34.8 |
34.1 |
-0.7 |
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BL-2; Zanzhu |
34.1 |
33.8 |
-0.3 |
34.5 |
34.2 |
-0.3 |
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GB-14; Yangbai |
34.6 |
34.2 |
-0.4 |
34.0 |
34.0 |
0.0 |
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EX-HN5; Taiyang |
34.2 |
34.1 |
-0.1 |
33.6 |
33.4 |
-0.2 |
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LI-20; Yingxiang |
35.7 |
35.5 |
-0.2 |
35.3 |
35.6 |
+0.3 |
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TE-23; Sizhukong |
35.0 |
34.7 |
-0.3 |
34.2 |
34.3 |
+0.1 |
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GB-1; Tongziliao |
35.1 |
34.2 |
-0.9 |
33.2 |
33.6 |
+0.4 |
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ST-1; Chengchi |
34.7 |
34.3 |
-0.4 |
34.5 |
34.2 |
-0.3 |
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ST-2; Ssupai |
34.0 |
33.7 |
-0.3 |
33.7 |
33.8 |
+0.1 |
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ST-3; Chuliao |
32.6 |
32.5 |
-0.1 |
33.3 |
33.8 |
+0.5 |
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ST-4; Titsang |
33.5 |
33.4 |
-0.1 |
34.6 |
35.0 |
+0.4 |
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EX-HN4; yuyao |
34.4 |
34.2 |
-0.2 |
33.6 |
33.9 |
+0.3 |
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Mean |
34.400 |
34.025＊ |
-0.375 |
34.108 |
34.158﹢ |
0.050 |
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SD |
0.812 |
0.725 |
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0.649 |
0.607 |
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SEM |
0.235 |
0.209 |
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0.187 |
0.175 |
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＊P < 0.005, 95% confidence interval of this difference from 0.160 to 0.590.
﹢P =0.6427, 95% confidence interval of this difference from -0.281 to 0.181.