Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 1996 ; 21(1): 31-3.

[A study of the thermosensitivity determination for the normal value of the twelve well-point (or jing-point)]

Zhu W, Xue C, Ma W, Liu R, Wang J, Ye Y, Zhong F, Du X.

Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology.

Under certain temperature and humidity, the thermosensitivity values of the twelve Well-point, on 209 healthy young people, selected at random/and aged from 20 to 24, were measured in the morning and in the afternoon respectively. The statistical results show that there is no significance (P > 0.05), when the value of one Well-point on upper limbs of the male is compared with that of the female, except very few well-point. The value of one Well-point on both the left side and the right side measured at the time are almost the same. The value of one Well-point on the lower limbs of the male is higher than that of the female, and the difference is significant (P < 0.05). This study indicates that the normal values of every Well-point exist in human beings, which will assist clinical diagnosis.