Journal of Acupuncture Research
- Volume 20 Issue 6
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- Pages.218-225
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- 2003
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- 2586-288X(pISSN)
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- 2586-2898(eISSN)
Two Cases of Chronic Gastritis Treated with Wihwa Herbal-acupuncture
위화(胃火) 1호(號)로 호전(好轉)된 만성위염(慢性胃炎) 환자(患者) 치험(治驗) 2례(例)
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Lee, Kyung-min
(Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Dae-Gu Hani University)
;
- Lee, Se-yun (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Dae-Gu Hani University) ;
- Im, Sung-chul (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Dae-Gu Hani University) ;
- Seo, Jung-chul (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Dae-Gu Hani University) ;
- Han, Sang-won (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Dae-Gu Hani University)
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이경민
(대구한의대학교 한의과대학 침구경혈학교실)
;
- 이세연 (대구한의대학교 한의과대학 침구경혈학교실) ;
- 임성철 (대구한의대학교 한의과대학 침구경혈학교실) ;
- 서정철 (대구한의대학교 한의과대학 침구경혈학교실) ;
- 한상원 (대구한의대학교 한의과대학 침구경혈학교실)
- Received : 2003.09.09
- Accepted : 2003.09.20
- Published : 2003.12.20
Abstract
Objective: This study was designed to investigate the effect of Wihwa herbal-acupuncture on chronic gastritis. Methods: Wihwa herbal-acupuncture was administered two times a week. The following points were selected: CV12(中脘), CV13(上脘), S36(足三里), Liv3(太衝). We checked pain rating score(P.R.S.), visual analogue scale (V.A.S.) and Gastroscopy. Results: After 6 weeks of treatment, the patient showed that clinical symtoms was disappeared, Lee's P.R.S. changed from 77 to 8 and Park's P.R.S. from 55 to 0 and gastric erosion disappeared on gastroscopy. Conclusions: These results suggest that and Wihwa herbal-acupuncture has good effect on chronic gastritis. But further studies are required to concretely prove the effectiveness of Wihwa herbal-acupuncture for treating chronic gastritis.