A Case of Alternative Therapy for obese patient

대체의학(代體醫學)을 이용(利用)한 비만치료(肥滿治療)의 실제(實際)

  • Lee, Seong-Deog (Dept. of Oriental Medicine Rehabilation, College of Oriental Medicine, Taejon University) ;
  • Song, Tae-Won (Dept. of Oriental Medicine Rehabilation, College of Oriental Medicine, Taejon University)
  • 이성덕 (대전대학교 한의과대학 재활의학교실) ;
  • 송태원 (대전대학교 한의과대학 재활의학교실)
  • Published : 2000.08.25

Abstract

This case study was done on a 37 year old female patient at the department for rehabilitation in Bundang Cha Oriental hospital who was treated for 70 days by traditional Acupuncture and Herbal medicine therapy as well as fasting with saengshig(生食), air bath(風浴) and cold-hot-bath(冷溫浴) for skin revitalisation, furthermore by Doinangyo and exercise for improvement of general condition and colon-hydrocleansing. The results are as following: 1. The body weigth was reduced by 14.5kg from 87.4kg to 72.9kg 2. The obesity degree reduced from 159% to 133% 3. The BMI reduced from 33.3 to 27.8 4. The WHR reduced from 0.96 to 0.88 5. The amount of body fat reduced by 7.7kg from 27.2kg to 19.5kg 6. The fat distribution of the abdomen reduced from 0.92 to 0.85 7. The percent body fat was reduced from 31.1% to 26.7 % 8. Except of a mild systemic pruritus the clinical symtoms like kneepain, fatigue, chilling, headache, indigestion, menorrhalaia improved significantly.

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