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The History of CO2 Laser Acupuncture and Moxibustion

CO2 레이저 침구 치료의 역사

  • Jang, Insoo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Yang, Changsop (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Sun, Seungho (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University) ;
  • Jeong, Minjeong (Department of Pediatrics, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Han, Changho (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dong-guk University) ;
  • Hwang, Eui-Hyoung (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Seo, Hyungsik (Department of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Dermatology, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • 장인수 (우석대학교 한의과대학 한방내과학교실) ;
  • 양창섭 (한국한의학연구원) ;
  • 선승호 (상지대학교 한의과대학 한방내과학교실) ;
  • 정민정 (우석대학교 한의과대학 한방소아과학교실) ;
  • 한창호 (동국대학교 한의과대학 한방내과학교실) ;
  • 황의형 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한방재활의학교실) ;
  • 서형식 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한방안이비인후피부과학교실)
  • Received : 2019.03.11
  • Accepted : 2019.03.17
  • Published : 2019.03.27
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Abstract

Objectives : Carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) laser, a high power laser has been used for pain management, dermatology, and surgery and laser acupuncture and moxibustion as well, since it had been oscillated in 1964 at Bell Telephone Laboratories in the US. The purpose of this study is to investigate the history of $CO_2$ laser acupuncture through reviewing studies published in early stage of laser medicine. Methods : To investigate the early history of $CO_2$ laser acupuncture, studies were searched in the electronic databases, including PubMed, ScienceDirect, CNKI, Wanfang, J-STAGE, CiNii, KTNP, and OASIS, since 1964. Articles in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean were included, and there were no limitations in literature types such as reviews, essays, clinical trials, animal experiments and veterinary research. Results : We found that the first $CO_2$ laser application to acupoints was done by a research team in Shanghai in 1976. They used $CO_2$ laser for acupuncture treatment and it was also the first laser acupuncture treatment in China. Since the first case report of $CO_2$ laser for leukopenia, it has been applied to various diseases in China, Korea, Japan and other western countries. It has been widely applied in the fields of dentistry and veterinary medicine, as well as clinical applications. Conclusions : Not only $CO_2$ laser can be used as laser acupuncture by stimulating the acupoints and meridians, but also can produce moxibustion effect by using heat stimulus. Therefore, it is expected that it will be used in various clinical fields in the future.

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