Journal of Acupuncture Research
- Volume 19 Issue 4
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- Pages.16-26
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- 2002
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- 2586-288X(pISSN)
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- 2586-2898(eISSN)
A Clinical Research of the Auricular Acupuncture Treatment on Stop-Smoking
금연이침(禁煙耳鍼)에 대한 임상적(臨床的) 고찰(考察)(니코틴 의존도에 따른 금연 여부를 중심으로)
- Park, Won-tae (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Song, Min-ju (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- So, Woong-ryong (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Lee, Sun-ho (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Weon, Young-ho (Department of Oriental Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital)
- Received : 2002.06.05
- Accepted : 2002.07.12
- Published : 2002.08.20
Abstract
Objective : This study was designed to evaluate the decreasing or stop-smoking effect of smoking patients who were given to the auricular acupuncture treatment. Methods : We investigated the smoking patients who serviced Korea Power Engineering Company from March 2002 to April 2002. And one month later we investigated result. Results : In the success rate of low nicotine dependence group, stop-smoking was 28.2%, Above good effect was 57.7%. In the success rate of high nicotine dependence group, stop-smoking was 12.5%, Above good effect was 23.1%. Conclusion : We found that the auricular acupuncture treatment has the decreasing or stop-smoking effect of smoking patients specially to low nicotine dependence group.