• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.194-210
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• 1998

The main purpose of this work is the study on the etiology and pathology of the anorexia in oriental and western medicine. An appetite is stimulated by the need of supply of nutrition for life and the physical desire of hunger which appeared as the alternative of taste. In this paper, I investigated the anatomical and the physiological function system, the Piwei functional system and meridian distribution, and the differentiation of the disease according to the Zangfu(internal organs) in association with the anorexia. And conclusion could be summarized as follows : 1. The tongue, one of the Piwei functional system(脾胃機能系), is connected with Pi(脾), Xin(心), Gan(肝) and Shen(腎) meridian. Especially Pi and Xin meridian have the close relations with taste. 2. The appetite has the close relations with Piwei. The appetite and digestion is influenced by the function of smoothing and regulating and bloodflow of Ki(肝主疏泄), warming the Shen to activate the function of Pi(腎主溫養), cleansing the inspired air and keeping the Ki flowing downward(肺主肅降). 3. The cause of anorexia is the insufficiency of Ki of Piwei(脾胃氣虛), the attack of Wei by hyperactive Gan Ki(脾氣犯胃), the insufficiency of Wei Yin(胃陰不足), the declination of the fire from the vital gate(命門火衰) and the retention or stagnancy of undigested food (飮食停滯). Especially, the main cause of anorexia is the insufficiency of Ki of the Piwei(脾胃氣虛). 4. Recently the attack of Wei by hyperactive Gan Ki(脾氣犯胃) is raised by the main cause of anorexia. 5. The mental function of anorexia, which is induced by the unbalance of Pi, is directly associated with Xin(心) and Xin meridia(心經). 6. The goal of the treatment of the anorexia is dependent on the recovery of the weakness of the Pi. And for this goal, the disorders of the other organs is also treated. 7. In the point of the anatomy and physiology, the main cause of anorexia is the loss of function of the autonomic nerve system and the vagus nerve.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.81-87
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• 2006

A lot of studies have investigated the role of psychosocial and behavioral risk factors in the etiology and pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. On the basis of prospective population studies that found a relationship between Type A behavior and cardiac morbidity and mortality independent of traditional risk factors, Type A behavior was declared a risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease. Additionally, recently proposed, a new personality construct, Type D personality have been reported to be associated with the increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In Korea, however, there were few studies about these issues. This article attempts to provide an overview of accumulating evidences on the Type A behavioral pattern and Type D personality related with cardiovascular disease to offer new directions for research.

• The Journal of the Korean bone and joint tumor society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.78-82
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• 2006

Kimura's disease is uncommon and chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It manifests as solitary or multiple subcutaneous nodule, primarily located on the cervical area with local adenopathies and salivary gland hypertrophy. Its clinical course is benign nature. Histologic findings are hyperplastic lymphoid tissue, inflammatory infiltrates rich in eosinophils and proliferations of capillary venules. Treatment options are steroid therapy, radiation therapy and surgical excision. We report two cases of Kimura's disease on medial aspect of upper arm.

• Journal of Korean Medical classics
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.303-315
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• 2008

안등창익(安藤昌益)(1703-1762)시일본강호시대적의사(是日本江戶時代的醫師), 야시독창이진보적사상가(也是獨創而進步的思想家). 비시의학적시대(卑視醫學的時代), 타주장여의론병제고의술혹의도적사회지위(他主張與醫論병提高醫術惑醫道的社會地位). 타사료(他寫了)"자연진영도(自然眞營道)"전정료대어의학원리화치방기술상참신적철학기초. 타적의학사상불시종병론출발(他的醫學思想不是從病論出發), 이시종생명론출발적(而是從生命論出發的), 즉생명시자연적창조물(卽生命是自然的創造物). 타인위유어사회적모순(他因爲由於社會的矛盾), 대자연화인회생병(大自然和人會生病), 나착사회병리학적기초(拿着社會病理學的基礎), 사병인론체계화(使病因論體系化). 이차병인시제기관관계적고취(而且病因是諸器官關係的告吹), 호성적부조(互性的不調), 인차타나출농정호성관계적호성치료론(因此他拿出弄正互性關係的互性治療論). 창익부정종장부론도삼초화심포적존재(昌益否定從藏腑論到三焦和心包的存在), 병중시위화비특이적기능. 인이주장별유분개적사장사부론(因而主張別有分開的四臟四腑論). 창익강조자연치유법적의학사상(昌益强調自然治癒法的醫學思想), 중시예방의학(重視豫防醫學), 재치료상현현출소극적일면(在治療上顯現出消極的一面). 재가상비판전통적의학론(再加上批判傳統的醫學論). 타이독창적자연철학위기초(他以獨創的自然哲學爲基礎), 당확립신적의학방법론시(當確立新的醫學方法論時), 사호범료조지과급적착오(似乎犯了燥之過急的錯誤). 상차여차(尙且如此), 타적독창사상도현재부단몰유피망기(他的獨創思想到現在不但沒有被忘記), 다소재의학분야상유열렬적후계자화지지자시(多少在醫學分野上有熱烈的後繼者和支持者是), 아문응해요주목적일면(我們應該要注目的一面).

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.51 no.11
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• pp.1198-1204
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• 2008

Purpose : The cause of subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis, a rare disease in children, has not been completely clarified. This study was aimed to investigate the disease mechanism by examining clinical, radiologic, and immunohistochemical findings in children diagnosed with subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis after an excisional biopsy. Methods : We examined 19 lymph node tissue specimens from 17 children diagnosed with subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis at Gyeongsang National University Hospital from March, 1998 to July, 2006. A retrospective survey of the medical records was performed. CT findings were analyzed. Immunohistochemical staining was done on tissues obtained by excisional biopsy from all patients. Results : The patient's age ranged from 5 to 19 years (average age :11.8 years). The main symptoms included a neck mass (17/19), pain in the mass (6/17), and fever (12/19). The palpable lymph nodes were mostly cervical in location; the maximum diameter, which was measured radiologically, was less than 3 cm in all 10 cases. The masses were pathologically divided into proliferative, necrotic, and xanthomatous types. With immunohistochemical staining the masses were divided into lesion (L), perilesion (PL), and necrosis (N). The CD8 staining was stronger than the CD4 staining for all regions in three types. The CD4 staining intensity was mainly increased in the perilesion, and CD8 was mainly increased in the lesion. Conclusion : We compared the radiologic findings, clinical symptoms, and pathology to help understand the cause of disease in patients with subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis.

• The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.39-45
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• 2001

본 논문은 척담(滌痰) 축어(逐瘀) 고본(固本)의 방법으로 천식을 완화시킨 치험에 관한 내용이다. 천식의 병인병기는 폐(肺) 비(脾) 신(腎) 삼장(三臟)의 본허(本虛)로 인한 알레르기성 체질이 내적인 근본요인으로 간주된다. 담어복폐(談瘀伏肺)는 천식의 병리적인 결과로서 증상유발의 요인이기도 하다. 즉 담어(痰瘀)는 천식의 병리적인 부산물이며, 동시에 천식을 일으키는 치병요인이 된다. 담어(痰瘀)가 내복(內伏)하여 철저히 제거되지 않으면 천식은 결코 완치될 수 없다. 이와 같은 한의학적인 관점은 현대의학에서 천식을 기도의 만성 염증에 의하여 유발된 증상으로 파악하고 있는 기전과 일맥상통하다. 또한 담(痰) 어(瘀) 허(虛)는 천식의 병리변화 과정에서 전반적으로 영향을 미치고 있다는 인식이 지배적이며, 이는 천식치료를 위한 처방구성에 이론적 근거를 제시하고 있다. 치료: 천식은 발작기와 완화기로 분류하여 치료하며, 발작기는 냉효(冷哮)와 열효(熱哮)로 구분된다. 냉효(冷哮)의 경우 치료원칙은 온폐산한(溫肺散寒), 척담평천(滌痰平喘), 화어행체(化瘀行滯)를 기본으로 한다. 처방은 구마황(灸麻黃) 행인(杏仁) 황금(黃芩) 세신(細辛) 계지(桂枝) 오미자(五味子) 당귀(當歸) 울김(鬱金) 목단피(牧丹皮) 지룡(地龍) 정력자(?歷子) 담남성(膽南星) 황기(黃?) 감초(甘草) 등을 기본적으로 사용한다. 열효(熱哮)의 경우 치료원칙은 청열사폐(淸熱瀉肺) 척담평천(滌痰平喘), 화어행체(化瘀行滯)를 근본으로 삼고, 처방으로는 구마황(灸麻黃) 행인(杏仁) 황금(黃芩) 목단피(牧丹皮) 적작약(赤芍藥) 당귀(當歸) 정력자(?歷子) 담남성(膽南星) 지룡(地龍) 어성초(魚腥草) 포공영(蒲公英) 황기(黃?) 감초(甘草) 등을 기본적으로 사용한다. 완화단계도 역시 두가지 유형으로 나누어지는데, 폐신음허형(肺腎陰虛型)은 익기양음(益氣養陰) 척담행어(滌痰行瘀)를 치료원칙으로 하고, 처방에는 남북사삼(南北沙蔘) 구자울(灸紫?) 및 관동화(款冬花) 당귀(當歸) 목단피(牧丹皮) 울김(鬱金) 정력자(?歷子) 세신(細辛) 오미자(五味子) 구기자(枸杞子) 산수황육(山茱黃肉) 황기(黃?) 감초(甘草) 등을 기본적으로 사용한다. 비신양허형(脾腎陽虛型)은 온보비신(溫補脾腎) 화어척담(化瘀滌痰)을 원칙으로 하며, 처방에는 구마황( 灸麻黃) 세신(細辛) 오미자(五味子) 당귀(當歸) 단삼(丹蔘) 울김(鬱金) 정력자(?歷子) 반하(半夏) 보골지(補骨脂) 선령비(仙靈脾) 태자삼(太子蔘) 황기(黃?) 감초(甘草) 등을 기본적으로 사용한다. 치험(治驗): (1) 천식의 실증(實證)은 치료를 한 뒤 완화단계에 접어들면서 허증(虛證)으로 전화되는데, 허천(虛喘)도 역시 천식이니 만큼 단순히 보법(補法)만 사용하여서는 안된다. 시종일관 천식치료에는 척담화어(滌痰化瘀)의 원칙을 지켜야 한다. 폐내(肺內)의 담어(痰瘀)가 철저하게 제거되어야 폐(肺)의 순환기능을 개선시켜 기도(氣道)의 염증을 신속히 흡수하고 치유할 수 있다. 이와 같은 치료과정은 약 3-6개월이 필요하다. 완화단계의 기간이 길어질수록 완치될 확률도 높아진다. (2) 급성기 천식은 폐(肺)를 다스려야 한다. 폐(肺)를 다스리는 방법에는 선폐(宣肺), 청폐(淸肺), 온폐(溫肺), 윤폐(潤肺) 및 척담거어(滌痰祛瘀) 등이 있다. (3) 증상이 완화되면 신(腎)을 다스린다. 천식은 신허(腎虛)가 근본적인 원인이므로 완화단계에서 심지어 발작기에도 보신제(補腎劑)를 추가하여 사용하면 배의 효과를 얻을 수 있다. (4) 비(脾)의 기능을 강화하여 근본을 채우는 부비배본(扶脾培本)도 중요하다. 후천의 수곡정미(水穀精微)로 선천을 충족시키고 자양하는 것은 질병에 대한 저항력을 키우고 재발을 경감시키거나 방지하는 효과를 기대할 수 있으므로 역시 천식치료의 중요한 방법 중 하나이다.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.83-88
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• 1997

In septic patients, disseminated intravascula. coagulation (DIC) occurs frequently and is a pathologic condition associated with a variety of critical illness. DIC may complicate the already complex clinical situations and contribute to the high mortality. Nevertheless, its pathogenic mechanisms are not completely elucidated. Present study was prospectively designed to understand the pathogenetic mechanisms involved in the development of DIC. 15 rats were subjected to study and according to the aim, they were divided into three groups： group I, control (not treated-endotoxin, n=5)； group II (12 hours after endotoxin injection, n=5)； group III (24 hours after endotoxin injection, n=5). Experimental DIC was induced in rats by a bolus injection of endotoxin (1mg/kg, E. coli serotype 055:B5). Blood was collected by direct puncture of the heart. Platelet count, fibrinogen and plasminogen concentration, antithrombin III, D-dimer and complement components (C3 and C4) were measured in all subjects. In group II and III, there were apparent signs of DIC, including thrombocytopenia, decreased fibrinogen (but increase in group III), reduced C3 and antithrombin III, and elevated D-dimer. These data indicated that endotoxin might induce the activation of several pathways such as coagulation, fibrinolytic and complement cascade, causing DIC and subsequent multiple organ failures. Ultimately, the increased knowledge of the various pathogenetic mechanisms of coagulation activation and fibrinolysis in endotoxin-induced DIC may have prophylactic or therapeutic implications.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2013

We can understand "Shanghanlun(傷寒論)" and "Wenbingtiaobian(溫病條辨)" which are major books on externally contracted diseases well by making a comparative study of their similarities and differences. After studying etiological causes and characteristics of disease, disease pattern, syndrome differentiation, transmutation rules, following conclusions are derived. While cold is an etiological cause of Cold damage and harms Yang qi, heat is an etiological cause of Warm disease and harms Yin qi. Cold damage and Warm disease have something in common in the respect of damage to fluid and humor and Yang qi. Exuberant heat symptom of Yang brightness disease and lesser yin heat transformation pattern have similar damage to fluid and humor as Warm disease does. Warm disease can reach qi collapse syndrome through damage to Yang qi following fluid and humor damage. In the respect of water qi, as Cold damage makes water-dampness retain easily due to cold congealing, dampness-draining diuretic medicinal and warm yang medicinal are used together. As warm disease damages fluid and humor, yin-tonifying medicinal is used and dampness-draining diuretic medicinal can be used in the case of Warm disease with dampness. In the respect of disease pattern, cold syndromes arise mostly by Cold damage except heat syndrome of grater yang disease, chest bind syndrome, stuffiness syndrome, reverting yin disease and yang brightness disease. Warm disease is classified as pure heat syndrome and heat syndrome with bowel excess, damage to yin, qi collapse or damage to blood.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.25-37
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• 2009

Hereditary peripheral neuropathies can be categorized as hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies (HMSN), hereditary motor neuropathies (HMN), and hereditary sensory neuropathies (HSN). HMSN, HMN, and HSN are further subdivided into several subtypes. Here, we review the most recent findings in the molecular diagnosis and therapeutic strategy for hereditary peripheral neuropathies. The products of genes associated with hereditary peripheral neuropathy phenotypes are important for neuronal structure maintenance, axonal transport, nerve signal transduction, and functions related to the cellular integrity. Identifying the molecular basis of hereditary peripheral neuropathy and studying the relevant genes and their functions is important to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms of these neurodegenerative disorders, as well as the processes involved in the normal development and function of the peripheral nervous system. These advances and the better understanding of the pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathies represent a challenge for the diagnoses and managements of hereditary peripheral neuropathy patients in developing future supportive and curative therapies.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.662-667
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• 2014

The purpose of this clinical study is to develop structured clinical trial protocol and guideline for improvement of safety, useful and effective of pulse diagnosis devices. As a first step, papers on pulse diagnosis and pulse diagnosis devices from 2001 and 2013 were systematically reviewed. In the next step, we have collected the opinions from the specialists, companies, and statistician in pulse diagnosis to evaluate the current condition, the state and problem of domestic clinical trial cases of pulse diagnosis device. And we have to created protocol and case report form (CRF) in regards to site condition and characteristics of pulse diagnosis devices, and showed the guideline of eligibility criteria, operation process, investigation items, evaluation items and so on. This clinical protocol will become a basic information for a researcher in designing or performing a clinical study of pulse diagnosis devices, and be used as a useful material during acquisition of good clinical data. Furthermore, we hope to enhance the invigoration of pulse diagnosis clinical trials and the performance improvement of pulse diagnosis devices.