Journal of Acupuncture Research

Korean Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine Society (대한침구의학회)
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Effect of Acupuncture on Inyǒng(ST9) on the Blood Pressure

인영혈(人迎穴) 자침(刺鍼)이 혈압에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Won-Tae (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Kwang-Dong Oriental, Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Chun-Woo (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Kwang-Dong Oriental, Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Kang, Suk-Il (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Kwang-Dong Oriental, Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Song, Min-Ju (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Kwang-Dong Oriental, Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Jung (Department of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Collage of Oriental, Medicine Se-Myung University)
  • 박원태 (광동한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 임춘우 (광동한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 강석일 (광동한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 송민주 (광동한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 김순중 (세명대학교 한의과대학 재활의학과교실)
  • Received : 2001.10.20
  • Accepted : 2002.01.05
  • Published : 2002.02.20
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Abstract

Objective : This study was conducted with the purpose to evaluate the decreasing effect of the blood pressure on the hypertensive patients who were given to acupuncture on Iny$\check{o}$ng(ST9). Methods : We investigated the patients who had essential or secondary high blood pressure in the kwangdong oriental hospital from October 2000 to September 2001 as an experimental group and the non-hypertensive patients as a control group. Result : While the acupuncture was done in the experimental group, there was statistically significant decrease of the blood pressure, There was no statistically significant changes of blood pressure in the control group. Conclusion : We found that acupuncture on Iny$\check{o}$ng(ST9) has statistically significance in decreasing blood pressure to the experimental group while it hasn't to the control group. We also found out the decreasing effect of blood pressure lasted for two hours at least.

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