Journal of Acupuncture Research
- Volume 25 Issue 6
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- Pages.47-54
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- 2008
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- 2586-288X(pISSN)
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- 2586-2898(eISSN)
Effect of Ganjeonggyeok Acupuncture and Saengkankunbi-tang Treatment in the Changes of LFT and Lipid-obesity Index Values
간정격 시술 및 생간건비탕 투여가 간기능 및 비만도 변화에 미치는 영향
- Lee, Seong-No (Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kwangdong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Kim, Sang-Joo (Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kwangdong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Lee, Jin-Seok (Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kwangdong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Kim, Eun-Geol (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
- Jang, Suk-Geun (Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kwangdong Oriental Medicine Hospital)
- Published : 2008.12.20
Abstract
Objectives : This study was aimed to figure out how effectively acupuncture treatment and herb-medicine work on patients with elevation of LFT value and lipid-obesity index. Methods : The subject were 23 patients visited to Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kwangdong Oriental Medicine Hospital, who complained chronic fatigue and wandering pain from Oct. 2007. to Oct. 2008. Before treatments, they were tested for LFT, total cholesterol, triglyceride, body fat ratio and obesity index. They were treated with Ganjeonggyeok acupuncture weekly for 1 month. During acupuncture treatments, we applied Sangkankunbi-tang to all patients twice a day. After 1 month, they were retested for LFT, total cholesterol, triglyceride, body fat ratio and obesity index. Results : 1. After treatments, we could get the result of dropping means of AST, ALT and