Abstract: The recovery of hand skin temperature of 30 healkh people was etudied during two methods of cold water test with thermograohy.The reeulte showed that the hand skin temperature of two methods waeonly significantly difference in 0 and 5 minutes after cold watertest.The temperature of group with 4℃,2 minutes was lower,and recovered rapidly,but the rewarming tendency was almost consistant.The temperature recovery rate wae only difference in 5,10,15 minutes.but not difference after 20 minutes.This indicatea that the twomathods of cold water rewarming testhave a consistence in evaluating the function of peripheral circulation in health people.