Am J Chin Med. 2003 ; 31(3): 455-66.

Thermo-visual evaluation of the Yin-Tang acupuncture point for intracranial hypertension syndrome.

Ovechkin A, Kim KS, Lee JW, Lee SM.

Infrared Intellectual Industry Ltd, 11 Bikova Str., 68, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

This study describes a thermo-visual method to diagnose intracranial hypertension syndrome that is caused by a high intracranial pressure by observing the relative temperature distribution around the "Yin-Tang" acupuncture point. Based on thermo-visual analysis of 3000 thermal images scanned by infrared thermal imaging system acquired from 1256 admitted patients, we found that a certain specific temperature distribution around the Yin-Tang acupuncture point was related with the degree of severity of intracranial hypertension syndrome. Thus, we claim that the evaluation of the relative temperature distribution around the Yin-Tang acupuncture point can be used to diagnose and control intracranial hypertension syndrome during medical treatments.