Korean Journal of Acupuncture

Society for Meridian and Acupoint (경락경혈학회)
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A Comparative Study of the Differences among PC9, TE3, PC5 and TE1 and Their Effects on the EEG

심포경(心包經)과 삼초경(三焦經)의 목혈(木穴)과 금혈(金穴)자침이 뇌파에 미치는 영향 비교연구

  • Choi, Woo-Jin (Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Gi (Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University) ;
  • Park, Kyung-Mo (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Kyunghee University)
  • 최우진 (상지대학교 부속한방병원 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 이승기 (상지대학교 부속한방병원 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 박경모 (경희대학교 전자정보학부 동서의료공학과)
  • Published : 2009.06.27
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Abstract

Objective: This paper aimed to understand influences on EEG conducting acupuncture stimulation, by comparing the changes in the acupoints on the body before and after normal people are treated with acupuncture at PC9 and TE3, which are referred to as Wood points(木穴), and PC5 and TE1, which are referred to as the Metal points(金穴) among the five shu points of Yin pericardium Meridian and Yang Triple Energizer Meridian. Methods: The study was performed on 30 healthy female volunteers in their 20's. EEG was measured for 5 minutes before acupuncture stimulation was conducted on PC9, TE3, PC5 and TE1. During 20 minutes of acupuncture treatment, the same items were continuously measured to find out whether there were any changes in them, and they were measured for 5 minutes after removing the acupuncture needles in order to implement a comparative analysis. Results: Comparision of EEG data before and after the treatment at PC9 shows no significant differences in all wave. Compared with the pre-acupuncture period at TE3, $\delta-\theta$ wave decreased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture stimulation periods. Compared with the pre-acupuncture period at PC5, $\delta-\theta$ wave and high $\alpha$ wave increased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture stimulation periods. And Mid $\beta$ wave and high $\beta$ wave decreased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture periods and the post acupuncture periods. Compared with the Pre-acupuncture period at TE1, $\delta-\theta$ wave, $\theta$ wave and high $\alpha$ wave increased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture stimulation periods. And Low $\beta$ wave decreased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture periods. Conclusion: When acupuncture stimulation was performed on PC9 and TE3, referred to as the "Wood points", brain waves were stabled, while when acupuncture was performed on PC5 and TE1, called the "Metal points", a brain was waked. From the findings of this study, we hypothesize that the wood properties, from which growing starts in all things, are related with fast waves of EEG, and the metal properties, which stabilize and converge in all things, are related with slow waves of EEG.

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