Document Research for the Restoration of Traditional Acupunctural Methods

전통침구기법(傳統鍼灸技法)의 복원을 위한 문헌조사

1) Objective This research is a process of examining the Traditional Acupunctural Methods left in our documents. The objectives of this paper are explaining the process of researching documents and reporting several points revealed in this process. 2) Process This study was done through the following steps: (1) We located the Acupunctural Methods in the original text database on the web. (2) We sorted them according to criterion. (3) We set up some standard clauses in order to organize the selected information. (4) We re-organized the information following the standards within the categories. (5) As for clauses that were not fully explained in the documents, we tried to restore them through other documents. 3) Results (1) 11 standard clauses were set up in order to organize the Traditional Acupunctural Methods. (2) Traditional Acupunctural Methods were extracted from 22 documents, (3) 24 Traditional Acupunctural Methods were extracted and organized by standards. (4) We learned of similar methods with resembling ways of drawing blood and methods with deep interest in the depth of needle insertion. Also, we were able to gain a clue to the exchange of Acupunctural Methods among the three Asian countries and the possibility of research using the Korean Medicine Database.