Visualization of meridians has been carried out by means of infrared thermography and radionuclide scintigraphy

but real success was hardly achived on some special regions including facial channels. In this paper

we would represent some imagings of thermal line along channels by means of infrared thermography. Distribution of the facial temperature in 139 cases of healthy volunteers and 305 cases of patients with facial paralysis was observed with model AGA-782 infrared thermovision and TC-800 computer. In all cases of patients and 15 cases of healthy persons

acupuncture test was conducted. Special program

DISCO3.1 was used to process the thermographic data and the results were as follows: 1. Facial thermal line along channel was presented in 95 out of 444 cases. High temperature line along bladder channel appeared in 84 cases of them; 2. In 26 out of 95 cases

the thermal line appeared after acupuncture

which could improve the imaging of the line; 3. The range of the temperature was within 1.3℃

in some cases only 0.2-0.3℃

with±0.5-1.0℃ difference to surrounding temperatures the width of the line was 1-1.5cm in most cases; 4. The line could appear stably

in some cases

last for several days

weeks or months; 5. Certain relationship between the appearing of the line and facial paralysis was found. As mentioned above

the thermal characteristics of meridians in face could be visualized by means of infrared thermography

the special imaging of facial tenperature along bladder meridian was easity found

related to facial troubles and promoted by acupuncture.