Objective

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To analyze the infrared thermographic characteristics of the organs in patients with functional dyspepsia with cold and heat in complexity syndrome.

Method

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A total of 106 participants were included in this study. From June 2018 to June 2020， 53 patients with functional dyspepsia of cold and heat in complexity syndrome， who visited the Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases at Beijing Xuanwu Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital， were enrolled as the observation group， and 53 healthy individuals with balanced constitution were recruited as the control group. An infrared thermography imager was used to detect the relative temperature differences at body surface locations corresponding to the viscera and the conception and governor vessels in both groups. The relative temperature differences of the viscera and conception and governor meridian points were compared between the observation and control groups.

Result

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The relative temperature differences in the stomach， small intestine， and left kidney regions were higher in the observation group than in the control group （

P

<

0.05）， whereas the left lung， right lung， and left large intestine regions were lower （

P

<

0.05）. In the observation group， the anterior middle energizer region showed higher relative temperature differences than the control group， while the posterior lower energizer region was lower， with statistically significant differences （

P

<

0.05）. For conception vessel points Zhongting （CV16）， Jiuwei （CV15）， Juque （CV14）， Shangwan （CV13）， Zhongwan （CV12）， Jianli （TE14）， Xiawan （CV10）， Shuifen （CV9）， posterior Shenque （CV8）， and Yinjiao （CV7）， the observation group exhibited higher relative temperature differences than the control group （

P

<

0.05）. For governor meridian points Zhongshu （GV7） and Jizhong （GV6）， the observation group showed higher relative temperature differences

compared to the control group （

P

<

0.05）.

Conclusion

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Infrared thermography of patients with functional dyspepsia of cold and heat in complexity syndrome mainly presents as stomach heat， spleen cold， and intestinal cold， caused by deficiency leading to consolidation， spleen and stomach

qi

stagnation， and concurrent lung and kidney involvement. The pathological changes are primarily located in the middle energizer and may affect the lower energizer， and the meridian and collateral mechanism involves unfavorable opening and closing of the conception and governor vessels.