• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.247-251
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• 1999

Background : Iron deficiency anemia(IDA) is a very common condition, and its underlying causes are diverse. Gastrointestinal blood loss, pregnancy, menorrhagia are known as common causes of IDA. However, especially in the IDA case of unknown origin, we must consider the culture specific cause of IDA as a possible cause of IDA. As I found an unusual cause of IDA related to a cultural behavior, I would like to report two cases of IDA occurred by negative therapy in Korea. It is possible to explain these cases by explanatory model. Case 1 : With a chief complaint of dyspnea, a 27-year-old woman visited our clinic. She had multiple treatment histories of negative therapy for her psoriasis. The blood loss during this procedure is the cause of present IDA. Case 2 : A 70-year-old man visited our clinic complaining of anorexia and dizziness. The history of treatment showed that he had an IDA 9 month ago. The IDA developed again because of repeated negative therapy after previous treatment of IDA. He has used the negative therapy intermittently to treat tinea pedis for 5 years. Conclusion : We must consider the negative therapy as a possible cause of IDA in Korea.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.1474-1475
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• 2013

부항은 열 또는 음압(陰壓)장치에 의하여 부항단지 안에 음압을 조성하여 피부에 붙임으로써 피를 뽑거나 울혈(鬱血)을 일으키며 물리적 자극을 주어 병을 치료한다. 부항으로 얻어지는 물리적인 자극은 혈액순환을 촉진하고, 죽은피를 빼냄으로써 혈관을 자극하고 그로인해 다양한 효과를 얻는다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 신장에 해당하는 명문혈을 자극하여 신장과 관련된 음성분석 요소의 변화를 측정하였다. 이를 위해 신장에 이상이 없는 피실험자 10명을 선정하고 신장에 해당하는 명문혈을 자극하기 전과 후의 음성을 수집하였다. 실험은 음성분석 요소 중 신장과 관련된 1 Formant Bandwidth를 적용하여 신장 명문혈 자극 전과 후의 변화를 측정, 분석하였다. 실험 결과, 90%의 피실험자가 값이 감소하는 현상을 보였으며, 이를 통해 명문혈 자극에 따른 신장과 음성신호와의 상관성을 분석할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korean Medical Ki-Gong Academy
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.110-124
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• 2001

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.250-257
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• 2012

Recently oriental medicine has become a new issue in the global medical field because of increasing demands for the treatment of old people. Western medical equipment is becoming popular with big companies related to IT, communication and medical treatment. But globalization of oriental medicine techniques is inadequate due to lack of knowledge about oriental medicine. The cupping equipment has great growth potential because it is easy for old people to use the equipment. The purpose of this paper is to promote the portable multi electrical cupping system. The system may be used by patients themselves without any help from others. By using many cupping cups at the same time and regulating the timer and vacuum pressure. The patient can decrease itching and relax the hardened muscles. The system is expected to grow in the future as oriental medicine will be in high demand in aging society with IT convergence industry.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.541-543
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• 2011

Recently oriental-medicine has become a new issue in world medicine field because of increased demands of old man's disease care. This paper proposes portable oriental-medicine multi electrically copping system. The system may be used by patients themselves without any help from others. Patient can use number of suction cups at the same time, solved itching and hardened muscles by keeping air pressure of suction cups for a long time through freely adjusting timer and vacuum pressure.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.2747-2754
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• 2010

Cupping therapy has been used to extensive diseases. However, the research was yet to meridian and acupoint's change of state caused by Cupping. This study was considered a human-ripple effect by the anlaysis of meridian & acupoint's change of state. We developed the system which is keeps 30kPa Negative-pressure and stimulated on the Left Lung Meridian(LU) a halfway point between LU4 and LU5. We checked moisture and elasticity change on left/right acupoints & non-acupoints, then measured EMG Signal. We observed that moisture had little change(12.49%) and the better part of the elasticity on both sides had identified the change(64.42%). The number of the provoked acupoiunt elasticity change was more than non-acupoint. Also, elasticity change of Right side was more than Left side. We confirmed that RMS and Median Power change patterns were lower in proportional to the elastin change, but there was no significance about Median Frequency. Therefore inducing the change of elasticity and EMG signal on meridian-acupoints. Therefore, We checked the human-ripple effect Negative-pressure by the Cupping therapy.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.252-263
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• 2013

Objectives : Skin color deformation by cupping has been widely used as a diagnostic parameter in Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM). Skin color deformation such as ecchymoses and purpura is induced by local vacuum in a suction cup. Since existing studies have relied on a visual diagnostic method, there is a need to use the quantitative measurement method. Methods : We conducted an analysis of cross-polarization photographic images to assess the changes in skin color deformation. The skin color variation was analyzed using $L^*a^*b^*$ space and the skin erythema index(E.I.). The meridian theory in TKM indicates that the condition of primary internal organs is closely related to the skin color deformation at special acupoints. Before conducting these studies, it is necessary to evaluate whether or not skin color deformation is influenced by muscle condition. Hence, we applied cupping at BL13, BL15, BL18, BL20 and BL23 at Bladder Meridian(BL) and measured blood lactate at every acupoint. Results : We confirmed the high system measurement accuracy, and observed the diverse skin color deformations. Moreover, we confirmed that the $L^*$, $a^*$ and E.I. had not changed after 40 minutes(p>0.05). The distribution of blood lactate levels at each part was observed differently. Blood lactate level and skin color deformation at each part was independent of each other. Conclusions : The negative pressure produced by the suction cup induces a reduction in the volumetric fraction of melanosomes and subsequent reduction in epidermal thickness. The relationship between variations of tissue and skin properties and skin color deformation degree must be investigated prior to considering the relationship between internal organ dysfunction and skin color deformation.

• Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.297-318
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• 1993

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.79-80
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• 1980

• 지반과기술
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.34-42
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• 2009