금연침(禁煙鍼)에 대한 임상적(臨床的) 고찰(考察)

CLINICAL RESEARCH OF THE AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY ON STOP-SMOKING

Clinical studies were done on 18 people chosen from admission patients didn't have will of stop-smoking who were treated with the auricular acupuncture therapy to stop-smoking in the Dep. of the Acupuncture and Moxibution, Hospital of Oriental Medicine in Dae Jeon University from 1991. 5. 28 to 1991. 6. 15. The following results have obtained 1. Distribution of sex; male(83%), Female(17%) 2. In the distribution of age, 30s age group made up 33.3%, 20s, 50s, 60s age group made up each 16.6%, 40s made up 11.1%, 70s made up 5.5% of the group. 3. Distribution of occupation in descending order; labour man(38.8%), businessman(22.4%), housewife, office woker was each 16.6%, students(5.5%). 4. Distribution of human coporal constitution in descending order; Tae-Eum-In(50%), So-Yang-In(27.8%), So-Eum-In(22.2%). 5. Distribution of statring tense to smoking in descending order; 10s, 20s, were each 44. 4%, 30s(11.1%). 6. Distribution of duration in descending order; 10-19years(33.3%), 40-49years(22.2%), 1-9, 20-29years were each 16.6%, 30-39years(11.1%). 7. Distribution of smoking amount(1day) in descending order; 11-20 cigarettes(38.8%), 21-30 cigarettes(22.7%), 1-10 cigarettes, 31-40 cigarettes were each 16.6%. 8. Distribution of the motive to smoking in descending order; curiosity(61.1%), hyperemesis gravidarum, abdominal pain, stress, inducement. 9. Distribution of symptoms within smoking in descending order; sputum(83%), liver disorder(11%), stomach disorder(6%). 10. Distribution in symptoms of post treatment of stop-smoking by acupuncture in descending order; nausea, headache were 12%, ear-radiating pain(6%), no variation(82%). 11. Distribution in change of cigarettes taste after the auricular acupuncture treatment; some decrease, complete decrease were each 38. 8%, decrease of post taste in smoking, burning-paper odored were each 5.5%, no variation(11.1%). 12. Total judgement of efficacy in descending order; excellent(50. 0%), good(28.8%), fair(10. 0%), failure(11.1%).