Abstract

Purpose: This research was designed to study that VEGA DFM 722 is proper index in postpartum women. Methods: The subjects were 81 postpartum women who admitted for postpartum care in Oriental Hospital of Woosuk University from 20, May 2005 to 28, October 2005 and 83 general women who taken Medical Health Examination from 29, January 2005 to 22, July 2006. The women took the test of VEGA DFM 722 and CBC. The SPSS 12.0 for windows was used to analyse the data and the independent samples t-test and paired samples t-test were used to verify the results. Results: The following results were obtained 1. The heights of zone 1, 2, 3 of postpartum women group significantly higher than that of general women group. The height of zone 6 of postpartum women group significantly higher than that of general women group. But, there were no significant differences in the heights of zone 4, 5, 7. 2. The heights of zone 1, 2, 3 of second test significantly lower than that of first test in postpartum women. But, there were no significant differences in the heights of zone 4, 5, 6, 7. Conclusion: The results suggest that postpartum women has upper heat and lower cold compared with general women. And after oriental postpartum care, disparity in upper heat and lower cold was decreased in postpartum women.

Keywords

• 7-zone-diagnostic System;
• VEGA DFM 722;
• Postpartum Women