[Depth of getting qi in clinical practice]

Based on the type of build being fat, medium and thin to determine the depth of getting Qi (DGQ) in acupoints, and based on the aforesaid three types of build to verify the difference of DGQ of neck, trunk, upper-limb and lower limb with T test. The result showed that the DGQ of fat man group was deeper, the DGQ of thin man group was more superficial (P < 0.01), the DGQ of neck was more superficial than that of trunk, upper and lower limb, and the standard deviation (SD) of neck DGQ was +/- 0.1 cm, that of trunk, upper and lower limbs was +/- 0.2cm. Following finding has been observed, the DGQ of patient with nervousness and allergic constitution showed more superficial, while the DGQ of cancer and apoplexy patients showed deeper than that of ordinary patients.