An improved case by operating the traditional oriental medical remedy with mindfullness to the Hwa-Byung patient suffering from insomnia and physical symptoms

불면(不眠)과 신체증상(身體症狀)을 호소하는 화병 환자에게 한의학적(韓醫學的) 치료(治療)와 마음챙김명상을 병행하여 호전된 1례

  • Park, Se-Hwan (Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
  • Seok, Seon-Hee (Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
  • Kim, Geun-Woo (Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
  • Koo, Byung-Soo (Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University)
  • 박세환 (동국대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 석선희 (동국대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 김근우 (동국대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 구병수 (동국대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과학교실)
  • Published : 2008.11.30

Abstract

Insomnia is one of the highest frequency neuropsychosis of neuropsychiatry patients and is primarily caused by major depressive disorder. This case study is about a remedy for a 33 year-old woman who has insomnia and intense depressed mood caused by the continuous family jar. Also, she had the feeling of squeezing her body, pouring cold water into her body, anorexia and feeling cold and hot turn and turn. I operated mindfullness with accupuncture, herb-medication and aroma theraphy. Especially, mindfullness and Gagamguibi-tang were effective for relaxation and the sound sleep in quality and quantity. According to this study, the traditional oriental medical remedy such as accupuncture, herb-medication is effective for the cure of insomnia and mindfullness fortifies the oriental medical remedy.

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