Research Advances on Infrared Thermography and Yin and Yang Classifi-cation of Natural Phenomena
DING Lei
CHENG Xiteng
YE Rui
DAI Shuqing
Abstract：As the fifth imaging technology after X-ray,CT,MRI and ultrasound,infrared thermography has devel-oped rapidly in medical field in recent years.With the advantage of being sensitive to cold and heat,the researchers of tradi-tional Chinese medicine(TCM)analyzed Yin and Yang classification of natural phenomena in patients with different diseases,and based on this,analyzed the intervention value of its combination with infrared thermography.The combination of Yin and Yang classification of natural phenomena and infrared thermography in TCM affirms that the theory of Zang-Fu and meridian in TCM is scientific in guiding modern clinical diagnosis and treatment,which also provides an objective reference for the theory of Yin-Yang in TCM on heat metabolism.By combing the relevant research data of infrared thermography in the past 5 years,this paper summarizes the distribution characteristics of cold and heat on the body surface of normal people and patients with diseases of various systems,combines the law of Yin-Yang movement with the theory of Yin-Yang in TCM,and reviews the re-search of infrared thermography in the field of TCM.
Keywords：Infrared thermographyYin-YangSyndrome differentiation of cold and heatBasic theory of TCMSyn-drome differentiation of Zang-Fu organSyndrome differentiation of meridiansSyndrome differentiation of 6 meridiansRe-view
Publication Date：2024-07-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 87-91,100 )