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Bibilographic Study on the Classification Methods of the Cause of Disease and the Acupuncture Points on the Cough(咳嗽, hae-soo) (해수(咳嗽)의 병인분류(病因分類)와 침구치료혈(鍼灸治療穴)에 대(對)한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察))

  • Kim, Su-jang;Lee, Byung Ryul
    • Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.423-442
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    • 2000
  • Objectives : The objectives of this study is to find out the classification methods of the cause of disease and the Acupuncture points on the cough(咳嗽, hae-soo) from the oriental medical literature. The results obtained as follows. Methods : We surveyed the oriental medical books from Hung-Ti-Nei-Ching $\ll$黃帝內經$\gg$ to recent books concerning the Acupuncture therapy for the cough(咳嗽, hae-soo). Results : 1. There are the classification methods of the cause of the cough(咳嗽, hae-soo) by affection by exopathogen and internal injury, by five zang-organs and six fu-organs, by time-belt, and by cold and heat. 2. The acupuncture points at P'yesu(肺兪, BL13), T'aeyon(太淵, LU9), Ch'okt'aek(尺澤, LU5), P'ungmun(風門, BL12), Yolgyol(列缺, LU7), Ch'ondol(天突, CV22), Taech'u(大椎, GV14), Hapkok(合谷, LI4), Kohwang(BL43), T'aegye(太谿, KI3), Chok-samni(足三里, ST36) are most frequently used on the acupuncture therapy for the cough(咳嗽, hae-soo). Conclusions : Among the classification methods of the cause of the cough(咳嗽, hae-soo), the classification methods by affection by exopathogen and internal injury may be most effective and the acupuncture points at Lung meridian(手太陰肺經, LU), Bladder mendian(足太陽膀胱經, BL) are most frequently used on the acupuncture therapy for the cough(咳嗽, hae-soo).

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Meralgia Paresthetica Treated with Acupuncture Plus Myofascial Release Technique: Case Report (대퇴신경지각이상증 환자에 대한 침치료 및 근막이완요법 병용 치험 1례)

  • Lee, Eun Ji;Kim, Shin Ae;Kwon, Min Gu;Kim, Sung Tae;Shin, Hyun Gwon;Cho, Hyun Jung;Yang, Tae Jun;Kim, Seon Wook;Jeong, Joo Yong;Chiang, Suo Yue
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 2016
  • Objectives : The purpose of this case is to report the improvement after treatment about a patient with meralgia paresthetica. Methods : We treated the patient with acupucture therapy, cupping therapy, electroacupuncture therapy, percutaneous radiofrequency thermoablation and myofascial release technique by Turbo SASO from $26^{th}$ June 2015 to $3^{rd}$ July 2015 by evaluating femoral function with VAS score. Results : After 5 times of treatment, this patient achieved excellent outcome following the technique, showing that clinical symptom as able to walked and pain was disappeared, VAS changed from 10 to 3 and the result of patrick test came out negative. Conclusions : The various symptoms appear in the Meralgia paresthetica such as numbness, paresthesia, and pain in the anterolateral thigh, which may result from either an entrapment neuropathy or a neuroma of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve(LFCN). Oriental medical treatment for meralgia paresthetica resulted in satisfactory results by diminishing the symptoms progressively during the five days of treatment. Differential diagnosis was based on careful physical examination. More research of meralgia paresthetica is needed.

Comparison of Warm-Needling and Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial (퇴행성 슬관절염에서의 온침과 침의 효능 비교 연구)

  • Min, Woong-Ki;Yeo, Sujung;Kim, Ee-Hwa;Song, Ho Sueb;Koo, Sungtae;Lee, Jae-Dong;Lim, Sabina
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.64-72
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate whether warm-needling is more effective than acupuncture in relieving the pain and improving the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis(OA). Methods : 76 volunteers with knee OA participated in the study. The subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group received warm-needling(n=38), while the other group received acupuncture(n=38). Sixteen sessions of warm-needling or acupuncture were conducted on the pain region of each problematic knee over a period of 8 weeks. The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index(WOMAC) scores, physical health score based on the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey(SF-36) and the Global Assessment(PGA) was measured. Results : Compared to the acupuncture group, the warm-needling group showed a significant decrease in pain, function, and total WOMAC scores according to the Mann-Whitney U-test. The PGA scores of the warm-needling group also showed a significant improvement compared to the acupuncture group. Conclusions : Warm-needling showed a greater pain relief effect on knee OA compared to the acupuncture group. These findings suggest that warm-needling may be a promising alternative therapy for treating knee OA.

Effects of Acupuncture at the River Points(LU8, HT4, PC5, SP5, KI7, LR4) on the Changes of Nitric Oxide Synthase and Norepinephrine in Rats (백서(白鼠)의 경혈(經穴)(LU8, SP5, HT4, KI7, PC5, LR4) 침자(針刺)가 Nitric Oxide Synthase 및 Norepinephrine의 변화에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Kim, Youngsun;Choi, Donghee;Jang, Hosun;Na, Changsu;Shin, Heontae;Cho, Joohyun;Lee, Kyoungin;Kim, Sunmin;Pyo, Byoungsik;Youn, Daehwan
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : The Meridians and acupuncture points are the fundamental theories for acupuncture therapy. They have been associated with nervous system, but It is not well defined. We investigated that the effects of acupuncture at the river points(LU8, HT4, PC5, SP5, KI7, LR4) on the changes in the expression of nNOS, iNOS, eNOS, and NE in rats. Methods : The Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 6 groups each non-acupuncture and acupuncture group. We inserted needle and retained for 5 minutes on both left and right sides of LU8, HT4, PC5, SP5, KI7, LR4 which were the river points of five transport points for 6 yin meridian vessels. After that, blood was drawn via cardiac puncture, and tissues for each point near meridian vessels were extracted to examine the changes in the changes of nNOS, eNOS, iNOS and NE. Results : The LU8 and HT4 group showed a significant decrease on nNOS. In terms of eNOS and iNOS, the LU8 group decreased significantly while the KI7 group increased significantly. However, the experimental groups didn't show any significant changes on the plasma and tissue norepinephrine without plama NE in SP5 group. Conclusions : The effect on the nNOS, iNOS, eNOS of acupuncture at LU8 and KI7 could be observed, and it is considered that the effect of acupuncture related with on nervous system could be studied by additional researches based on this one.

Effects of Acupuncture Treatment on the Premenstrual Syndrome: Controlled Clinical Trial (월경전기증후군(月經前期症候群)(Premenstrual Syndrome)에 대한 침치료(鍼治療)의 효과(效果))

  • Kim, Sung-chul;Kim, Sung-nam;Lim, Jeong-a;Choi, chang-min;Sim, Eun-ki;Koo, Sung-tae;Lim, Jeong-a;Ha, Joo-young;Shin, Kyung-rim;Sohn, In-chuI
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.41-60
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    • 2005
  • Objective : The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of acupuncture therapy on the premenstrual syndrome. Methods : Volunteers of twenty subjects were employed using DRSP questionnaire. Subjects were divided into two groups including active-acupuncture treatment group, placebo acupuncture treatment group. In the control group, subjects were needled at $SI_5$, $ST_{40}$ points and in the acupuncture group, subjects were stimulated at two basic points, $SP_6$ and $CV_6$, and several points were inserted additionally depending the symptoms including $LR_2$, $LR_3$, $SP_10$, $LI_4$, and $ST_3$. A total of 13 acupuncture sessions were performed for each patient depending on the individual menstruation cycle over 8 weeks. Concentration of blood progesterone was examined and Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) was taken before and after acupuncture treatment.

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Anti-apoptotic and neuroprotective effects of acupuncture techniques of tonification or sedation at LR3 on focal brain ischemic injury induced by intraluminal filament insertion in rats (태위(太衝)(LR3)에 대한 영수(迎隨)및 염전보사(捻轉補瀉)가 intraluminal filament 삽입술(揷入術)에 의하여 유발(誘發)된 백서(白鼠)의 focal ischemia에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Park, Jong-Seung;Na, Chang-Su;Cho, Myeng-Rae;Jung, Yeon-Jin;Jeong, Ji-Yeon;Kim, Won-Jae;Choi, Chan-Hun;Youn, Dae-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.81-98
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    • 2006
  • Objectives : Acupuncture using a tonification or sedation techniques method is used as a controlling the medication for an early stroke in the Korean medicine. LR3 has indicatons of headache, vertigo, facial paralysis, apoplexy, epiepsy as the source acupoint of a liver meridian. So this study is aims to investigate the anti-apoptotic and neuroprotective effects of acupuncture on the focal ischemia induced by intraluminal filament insertion in rats. Methods : The focal ischemia was induced by intraluminal filament insertion into middle cerebral artery. The animals were divided into seven groups (n=8 in each group) : Normal, intactness group; Conrol group, no therapy group after being ischemia induced; MA-l, acupuncture perpendicularly without Tonification or Sedation techniques at LR3 after being ischemia induced; MA-2, acupuncture obliquely towards the knee at LR3 after being ischemia induced; MA-3, acupuncture obliquely towards the toe at LR3 after being ischemia induced; MA-4, acupuncture obliquely towards the knee and rotate 9 times in a clockwise direction at LR3 after being ischemia induced; MA-5, acupuncture obliquely towards the toe and rotate 6 times in a counterclockwise direction at LR3 after being ischemia induced. The anti-apoptotic and neuroprotective effects of Acupuncture techniques of tonification or sedation at LR3 are observed by mGluR5, Bax, Cresyl violet, ChAT-stain and NGF. Results : The intensity of mGluR5 and the density of ChAT was increased in MA-1 group. The intensity of Bax was decreased in MA-3, MA-4 group. The density of neurons stained by Cresyl violet and ChAT was increased in MA-2, MA-3, MA-4, MA-5 group. The density of neurons stained by NGF was only increased in MA-4 group. Conclusions : Our study suggests that acupuncture perpendicularly without Tonification or Sedation techniques and obliquely towards the knee and rotate 9 times in a clockwise direction(Tonifying technique) at LR3 after being ischemia induced at LR3 shows anti-apoptotic and neuroprotective effects on cholinergic neuron in focal cerebral ischemia of the stroke in rats.

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Clinical Application of Focused Ultrasound in Korean Medicine (집속초음파 치료의 한의 임상 활용에 대한 고찰)

  • Yoomin Choi;Maeum Lee;Nayeon Hur;Eunhee Lee;Hyugyong Choi;Hyung-Sik Seo;Eui-Hyoung Hwang;Insoo Jang
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.79-89
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    • 2023
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate various application methods of focused ultrasound and apply them to clinical use in Korean medicine. Methods : Search was performed using the search engines of electronic databases, including PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), ScienceON, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System (OASIS), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, Japan Science Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic (J-STAGE) and Citation Information by NII (CiNii), from inception to July 2023 without language limitation. Inclusion criteria were clinical studies including randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and animal experimental studies related with focused ultrasound treatments for acupoints or meridian sinews. Results : Total 17 papers, 7 for RCT, 6 for in vivo animal studies, and other experimental studies, were finally selected. Indications used in studies were shoulder pain, back pain, chronic back pain, and degenerative knee arthritis. In experimental studies, studies on animal models of hypoxic ischemic brain damage and hyperlipidemia were also conducted. As for the acupoints, LR3, LI4, and ST36 were used in clinical studies and, in animal experimental studies, GV20, KI1, and ST36 were used. As for the dose, 4 studies below 3 W/cm2 and 3 studies in the range of 0.625 to 5 W/cm2 in clinical studies, and all studies did not exceed 5 W/cm2. In animal experimental studies, 0.5 W/cm2, 2 W/cm2, 7.5 WW/cm2, 15 W/cm2, 10~20 W/cm2 were used. In all three studies describing the penetration depth during irradiation, it was less than 1 cm. Conclusions : We suggest that focused ultrasound is an appropriate treatment tool for stimulating the acupoints to transfer heat energy. Future studies with rigorous and well-designed RCTs for various diseases will be required to ascertain the focused ultrasound stimulate acupoints or meridian sinews.

A Study on Hemifacial spasm (안면경련의 침구치료에 대한 문헌적 고찰)

  • Cho, Hyun-Seok;Jang, Jun-Hyouk;Kim, Kyoun-Ho;Yoon, Jong-Hwa;Kim, Kap-Sung
    • The Journal of Dong Guk Oriental Medicine
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.69-79
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    • 1999
  • Hemifacial spasm including blepharospasm is characterized by spontaneous clonic an d tonic muscle spasm on one side of the face with synkinesis. Though the etiology of hemifacial spasm is not entirely understood, generally there are two. One is nuclear hypothesis and the other is peripheral hypothesis. There are two ways of treatment of hemifacial spasm. One is internal medicine and the other is operative method. In oriental medicine, hemifacial spasm is very similar to diseases such as Anpojindo (眼胞振跳), Poryunjindo(胞輪振跳), or Aunido(眼眉跳) in symptoms. The diseases such as Anpojindo(眼胞振跳), Poryunjindo(胞輪振跳), Anmido(眼眉跳) is related to the function of liver(肝) and risk factors are regarded as Pung(風). The acupuncture therapy of hemifacial spasm is based on Liver meridian(LV), Gallbladder meridian(GB). And ear-acupuncture is recommended as a good method for hemifacial spasm.

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'Study on Oui-Ga-Sil( 胃家實 )' (위가실(胃家實)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Han, Gyu-Eon;Ryu, Bong-Ha;Park, Dong-Won;Ryu, Gi-Won;Jang, In-Gyu
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.65-80
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    • 1989
  • About Oui-Ga-Sil(胃家實) in order to considerate the contents recorded in Nai-Gyung Sang-Han-Lon and latter literature, definition, etiopathology, syndrome, differential diagnosis, therapy, Prognosis and prevention were classified. And the results were as follows: 1. Oui-Ga(胃家)was a term which indicated the whole digestive system such as stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus. Sil(實)could be defined as the peculiar concept pertaining to the acute and last stage which was invaded to inside bowels because of abundance with evil influence. 2. Eliology of Oui-Ga-Sil was abunt gastric fever originally, injured mucus because of mistreatment, the invasion to inside of outside evil influence through meridian. Pathology was the opening and shutting appearance of gastric abundance with intestinal emptiness, and intestinal abundance with gastric emptiness, Oui-Ga-Sil could be occurred because of gastric abundant dryness and splenic humidifying capacity decrease. 3. Symptom of Oui-Ga-Sil was classified as for the sunlight outside syndrome and the inside abundant syndrome. The sunlight outside syndrome was body fever, sweating, no chilling, on the contrary hatred of fever. The chief complaint of inside abundant syndrome was daily fever, talking in delirium, hand and foot sweating, abdominal distention, difficult defection and those could be pertained to sunlight bowel syndrome. 4. Diagnostic views of Oui-Ga-Sil were that pulse was descending abundant large strong and smooth quick, a coated tongue was yellow, deep yellow, old yellow, thick, scorching dry rough or gray black. On abdominal diagnosis, pressing by hand, patient was conscious of pain, excessive pain, rejection against press, impossible press or intermittent abdominal pain and bowel cutting pain without press. 5. Differential diagnosis was that the sunlight of Nai-Gyung-Fever-Theory was outside desease making meridian the prime object, Baik-Ho-Tang syndrome was making figureless abundant fever the pivotal point. And important differential standard of splenic shrink syndrome was that a daily fever, an irritation with fever were not occurred. 6. Theory of Oui-Ga-Sil was that Seng-Gi-Tang classes had been used in attacking downward or making balance, and moxibustion on Jung-Wan, honey boiling induction theory had been also used. Attacking downward therapy was invigorating method to preserve mucus, and if mucus had been exausted with complicating emptiness prognosis had been appeared badly. 7. Preventing from Oui-Ga-Sil diet by rule, fitness to cold and warmth may be needed to prevent outside evil influence attack and inside evil influence occurrence. Prudence with being very busy, fatigue, wine and woman may be also needed not to be an injury to splanic and gastric spirit.

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Response Properties of Meridians for focused variable electromagnetic stimulus (접속형 가변 전자계 자극에 대한 경락반응특성)

  • Lee, Gyoun-Jung;Cho, Dong-Guk;Kim, Soo-Byung;Kwon, Sun-Min;Shin, Tae-Min;Lee, Kyoung-Joung;Lee, Yong-Heum
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.13 no.7
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    • pp.1399-1410
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    • 2009
  • It is a method to treat pain using medication, neurotomy, and surgery. And acupuncture, ultrasound, electric treatment, and magnetic treatment are applied as a alternative physiotherapy. Electronic therapy is useful but it can be affected by impedance of skin or subcutaneous tissue. So, percutaneous stimulation is leading therapy, that is very randomly. We developed the system which can stimulate parts of acupuncture point noninvasively using the focused magnetic field. And we designed the magnetic stimulation electrode which is considered efficiency of the magnetic stimulation. It can make similar stimulation with manual acupuncture. To confirm the availability and reliability we compared Meridian Electronic Potential(MEP) change between manual acupuncture and magnetic stimulation. From this result, we found out the MEP changes of manual acupuncture and magnetic stimulation were similar. And there were various response properties as changes of stimulation method, intensity, and frequency. Also, the MEP change can be induced by electromagnetic stimulation. We confirmed that it is possible to use electromagnetic stimulation as a acupoint stimulation or pain treatment instrument.