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A Study on the Diagnostic Elements of Cold-Heat Pattern Identification by Korean Medicine Doctors: Association with Objective and Subjective Body Temperature
Joint Authors
Park, Young Joo
Nam, Ji-Ho
Yim, Mi Hong
Kim, Honggie
Kim, Jong Yeol
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-12-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Although the Cold-Heat Pattern is the most important diagnostic factor in Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM), its relationship to body temperature and subjective temperature has not been clearly revealed.
In this study, based on clinical data from 551 patients, we classified patients treated with herbal medicines into a Cold-prescription group (CG) and a Heat-prescription group (HG), and we compared the ordinary symptoms between the two groups.
Subjective body temperature was higher in the HG than in the CG (OR = 1.68, p<0.01) and digestive ability was better in the HG than in the CG (expert’s questionnaire, OR = 1.91, p<0.001).
However, objectively measured body temperature did not show any significant difference between the HG and CG in both gender groups (p=0.383 and 0.181 for males and females, resp.).
Our study suggests that the subjective body temperature and digestive ability may be the principal diagnostic elements of Cold-Heat Pattern identification by Korean Medicine Doctors.
These findings may contribute to the investigation of an objective method to measure the Cold-Heat Pattern.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Park, Young Joo& Nam, Ji-Ho& Yim, Mi Hong& Kim, Honggie& Kim, Jong Yeol. 2017. A Study on the Diagnostic Elements of Cold-Heat Pattern Identification by Korean Medicine Doctors: Association with Objective and Subjective Body Temperature. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154580
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Park, Young Joo…[et al.]. A Study on the Diagnostic Elements of Cold-Heat Pattern Identification by Korean Medicine Doctors: Association with Objective and Subjective Body Temperature. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154580
American Medical Association (AMA)
Park, Young Joo& Nam, Ji-Ho& Yim, Mi Hong& Kim, Honggie& Kim, Jong Yeol. A Study on the Diagnostic Elements of Cold-Heat Pattern Identification by Korean Medicine Doctors: Association with Objective and Subjective Body Temperature. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154580
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1154580