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Real acupuncture is hotter than the rest |
| Posted on Mar 26 2010 at 8:18 AM |
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Thermographic imaging was performed on 50 healthy volunteers randomly assigned to four different procedures:
- Acupuncture at Hegu L.I.4 with needle manipulation (as would be performed with a traditional acupuncture treatment).
- Needling of a cutaneous non-acupoint.
- Needling of a muscular non-acupoint.
- Needling of Hegu L.I. 4 without manipulation.
A significant increase in surface temperature occurred within two minutes of needling Hegu L.I. 4 with manipulation, whereas all other procedures resulted in a decrease of temperature in the monitored area.
(Contact-free infrared thermography for assessing effects during acupuncture: a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled crossover clinical trial. Anesthesiology. 2009 Sep;111(3):632-9).
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