• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.459-463
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• 2008

Postural balance of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) reflects the neuromuscular balance. TMJ posture treatment for meridian yinyang balance has been asserted to have an impact upon cervical spine alignment with an episodic good clinical result for refractory torticollis cases. A retrospective study with one-group pretest-posttest design was conducted to review cervical spine imaging data and clinical symptom changes in cervical dystonia cases to explore the effect of TMJ balance treatment. Review of clinical symptoms and cervical spine imaging data including computed tomography and simple x-ray of 9 cervical dystonia cases revealed significant improvement of cervical spine alignment and clinical symptoms. Improvement of cervical spine alignment may be an underlying mechanism of TMJ balance treatment, as a way of balancing the whole-body meridian system.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.81-90
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was done to test structural equation modeling of health-related quality of life (QOL) of men with obstructive sleep apnea in order to identify parameters affecting QOL and provide guidelines for interventions and strategies to improve QOL in these patients. Methods: Model construction was based on 'The conceptual model of patient outcome in health-related QOL' by Wilson and Cleary, using the variables; age, physiological factors, social support, cognitive appraisal, symptoms and QOL. Participants were 201 adult male patients recruited at a tertiary university hospital in Seoul. Data were collected via questionnaires, polysomnography, and clinical records. Results: Age and symptoms directly influenced QOL. Social support and cognitive appraisal about sleep did not have a direct influence on QOL, but indirectly affected it via symptoms. QOL was lower in patients who were younger and had more severe symptoms. Symptoms were more severe for patients with lower social support and more dysfunctional cognitive appraisal. When social support was lower, cognitive appraisal was more dysfunctional. Conclusion: These results suggest it is necessary to not only manage symptoms, but also apply interventions to increase social support and cognitive appraisal about sleep in order to increase QOL in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.36 no.11
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• pp.1186-1196
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• 2012

This study investigated the garments of middle-aged women undergoing menopause and their satisfaction with them. Data were collected through a survey of 288 middle-aged women and analyzed using SPSS 17.0. As a result (in terms of degree of symptoms) backache, arthralgia, muscular pain and heat sensation were indicated as significantly more outstanding in the menopause group rather than the menopausal transition group. As a countermeasure to physiological symptoms, a change of temperature (warming or cooling) was applied for backache and arthralgia as well as taking medicine for stomachaches and muscular pain. Body parts suffering from heat sensations were the face, back neck, chest center, waist and hip. Body parts suffering from arthralgia and muscular pain were the shoulder and hip joints. The most significant purchasing factor for menopausal women was the fit of outerwear and antibiosis in underwear; however, women not undergoing menopause selected comfortableness when moving as the most important factor. In terms of body shaping and thermoregulation function, the satisfaction degree in underwear was significantly different between the two groups. Menopausal women wanted functional underwear that provided functions such as thermoregulation, absorption of secretions, and antibiosis.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.1442-1446
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• 2006

This study was wrriten in order to to help understanding of Kyeolhyung(結洶). Kyeolhyung is a syndrome of epigastric pain and fullness due to accumulation of pathogen in the chest mostly caused by too early purgation of Taiyang(太陽) channel syndrome which leads to the exterior syndrome of heat from the exterior into the interior or combines with the original excessive fluid of the chest. The knotted chest can be divided into large, small, heat and substantice, cold and substantice, water and blood Kyeolhyung. Kyeolhyung is basically treated by purgation but practically it is treated by according to its own symptom and syndromes. And we were cured of the Kyeolhyung discriminating from Zanggyul(藏結) and Bijeung(비증).

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.1392-1417
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• 2006

‘Cough' can be developed by many causes and the first representative symptom for respiratory diseases which was first referenced in ${\ll}$So Mun${\cdot}$Hae Ron${\gg}$ (素問)${\cdot}$(咳論) and repeated in many medical books to date. Among those medical books, four representative men, Kum Won sa dae ga(金元四大家)- Yoo wan so(劉完素), Jang jong jung(張從政), Lee dong won(李東垣) and Ju jin hyeong(侏震亨), presented new ideas and opinions on rules of occurrence and transformation in disease due to prevalence of wars and febrile communicable diseases during the Kum-Won period(金元時代). I have concluded the following while researching the books of Kum Won sa dae ga(金元四大家).

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.229-234
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• 2006

To develop the Korean standard differentiation of the symptoms and signs for the stroke(KSDS), the committee on Stroke Diagnosis Standardization of traditional Korean medicine(TKM) was organized dy nineteen experts in college of Korean medicine. On July 9th 2005, the second consultation meeting was held in Daejeon, Korea. Fifteen experts of the committee attended the meeting and they discussed the KSDS and came to a consensus. The 15-member committee consensus was as follows: First, board members defined the stroke on the basis of TKM. Second, they divided the symptoms and signs of stroke into five categories- fire and heat, dampness and phlegm, blood stasis, qi deficiency, yin deficiency. Third, the symptom indicator of each differentiation type for the stroke was recommended. KSDS-1 will be applied to the clinical practice and revised.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2006

To accept folk remedies in view of oriental medicine and to use as one of social health materials, 1 have looked for the phase institution of folk remedies in the oriental medicine and their adopting method to the oriental medicine, on the basis of the present social-communicating situation, the degree of interest in folk remedies among people and oriental medicine doctors and the content of folk remedies in Dongyibogam(東醫寶鑑). The results are following; The researches of relative importance in the folk remedy's meaning of Dongyibogam show that the proper use can help disease cured, not by unconditional choice but by symptoms. The use of folk remedies are different from the prescription in the oriental medicine, as showing the type and ratio of folk remedies and prescriptions in Dongyibogam. When considering used materials, forms and time in the meaningful content of folk remedies in Dongyibogam, they established two categories. One is radical treatment on acute disease by short-term use. The other is slow treatment on chronic disease by long-term use. For wide application to people, they also had the prudent attitude to accept symptom-oriented treatment and tried to connect with syndrome which needed diagnosis as precisely as possible.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.1346-1349
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• 2006

Cystitis is a inflammation that forms at the cystic mucosa those main symptom is urinary disturbance based on the bladder stimulated. It is liable to be chronicity and difficult to give medical treatment. Especially, Chronic Relapsing Cystitis(CRC) is the continuing and repeating cystitis without abnormality of urinalysis. This study was peformed on a 46-year-old female patient with CRC who was diagnosed as Norim(勞淋) due to Bisinyangheo(脾腎陽虛) and Hansan(寒疝) due to Hanchekanmaek(寒滯肝脈). The patient was treated with mainly Cheongsanboki-tang(淸疝補氣湯). Clinical symptoms and general conditions are improved after treatment and more extensive researches are needed.

• The Korean Journal of Food & Health Convergence
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.19-28
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to explore which areas have been more interested in depression research in Korea through analysis of academic papers related to depression, and then to provide insights that can solve future depression problems. 1,032 papers searched with the keyword "depression" in scienceON were analyzed using Python 3.7 for word frequency analysis, word co-occurrence analysis, BERTopic, LDA, and OLS regression analysis. The results of word frequency and co-occurrence frequency analysis showed that related words were composed around words such as patient, disorder and symptom. As a result of topic modeling, a total of 13 topics including 'childhood depression' and 'eating anxiety' were derived. And it has been identified as a topic of interest that 'suicidal thoughts', 'treatment', 'occupational health', and 'health treatment program' were statistically significant topics, while 'child depression' and 'female treatment' were relatively less. As a result of the analysis of research trends, future research will not only study physiological and psychological factors but also social and environmental causes, as well as it was suggested that various collaborative studies of experts in academia were needed such as convergence and complex perspectives for depression relief and treatment.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.261-266
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• 2021

This study aim to report 4 cases with chronic abdominal pain whose symptoms are alleviated by Sihogyeji-tanggagam with Korean medicine treatments. The patients were decided to administer Sihogyeji-tanggagam through abdominal examination. The patients were treated by Korean medicine, including acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal medicine (Sihogyeji-tanggagam). We used Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS), Abdominal examination, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and Subjective Unit of Clinical Symptoms to evaluate the progress of treatments. The improvement of clinical symptoms appeared to be effective with out any remarkable side effects. The abdominal pain of all patients stared to improve as soon as treatment begin, and disappeared in 1-2 weeks. We also confirmed that the abdominal symptoms improved together with the improvement of clinical symptoms. This study suggests that Sihogyeji-tanggagam is effective on reducing symptoms of chronic abdominal pain, but further studies should be followed.