[Body temperature changes in cancer patients with yin or yang deficiency and blood stasis syndrome]

The body temperature change of cancer patients with Yin or Yang deficiency and blood stasis syndrome varied within normal limits in a day. The researchers divided 60 cases of cancer patients into Yin or Yang deficiency and blood stasis syndrome groups. Their body temperature was measured 6 times daily with radio thermometer. The results showed: at different time during one day, temperature change of patients in Yin deficiency group fluctuated obviously. The mean temperature of patients in blood stasis group was higher than other two groups. The daily highest temperature of patients in the above two groups appeared at 6:00 pm. Temperature change of patients in Yang deficiency group was stable relatively and the highest temperature appeared at 2:00 pm. The palm temperature of patients who feel dysphoria with feverish sensation in chest, palms and sole was not higher than armpit temperature. These observations should provide new objective bases for clinical measurement time of temperature and syndrome diagnosis.