Journal of Haehwa Medicine (혜화의학회지)

Research Institute of Korean Medicine (대전대학교 한의학연구소)
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Study of Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament(OPLL)

후종인대 골화증(OPLL)에 관한 고찰 - "동의보감(東醫寶鑑)"을 중심으로 -

  • Lee, Yuo-Ryul (Dept of Oriental Medicine Graduate School, Daejon University) ;
  • Shin, Hyun-Kyu (Dept of Oriental Medicine Graduate School, Daejon University) ;
  • Oh, Min-Seok (Dept of Oriental Medicine Graduate School, Daejon University)
  • 이우열 (대전대학교 한의과대학 재활의학과학교실) ;
  • 신현규 (대전대학교 한의과대학 재활의학과학교실) ;
  • 오민석 (대전대학교 한의과대학 재활의학과학교실)
  • Accepted : 2007.06.10
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the cause, symptom, treatment of OPLL through Western medicine and Dong-Eui-Bo-Kham(東醫寶鑑) Results & conclusins 1. Ossification of the posterior hgament(OPLL) have radiculopathy, myelopathy or both of them such as neck pain, numbness, myatonia 2. Neck pain of OPLL seems to be simular with pain in the neck(頸項痛), neck stiffness(項强), stiffness and pain of head and neck(頭項彈痛). The causes were usually Dampness and Cold, Wind. The treatments were classified according to pathoigenic factor(病因) and muscle along the regular meridian(經筋) 3. Radiculopathy of OPLL seems to be similar with numbness(痺證). The causes were usually, pathogenic Wind, Cold, Dampness. The treatments were classified according to diagnosis of three kinds of BI syndrome(三痺), five kind of Bi synrome(五痺), five jang Bi(五臟痺), six Bu Bi(六腑痺) 4. Myelopathy of OPLL seems to be simular with myatonia(痿證) The cause of myatoma was Lung scorched by Heat(肺熱葉無). And the treatment was purping the south and reinforcing the north(寫南方 補北方). We considered that more study to find various and effective methods oriental medicine for OPLL should be made.

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