Journal of Convergence Korean Medicine (대한융합한의학회지)

Academy of Convergence Korean Medicine (대한융합한의학회)
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Acupuncture points for low back pain patients in clinical trial

요통 환자의 임상 연구에 사용된 경혈에 관한 연구

  • In-Seon Lee (College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Dongwon Kim (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Ji-sung Kim (Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University)
  • 이인선 (경희대학교 한의과대학) ;
  • 김동원 (경희대학교 한의과대학) ;
  • 김지성 (경희대학교 한의과대학)
  • Received : 2021.05.21
  • Accepted : 2021.06.25
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

경혈과 경락학설은 침의 치료 효과를 설명하고 최선의 침 치료 전략을 세우기 위해 이용되어 왔다. 이번 연구를 통해 요통 환자를 대상으로 한 무작위 대조군 임상 연구에서 요통을 치료하기 위해 사용된 경혈의 빈도를 알아보았다. PUMBED 데이터베이스를 통해 요통 환자를 대상으로 manual acupuncture나 electro-acupuncture를 사용한 논문을 분석했다. 총 664편의 논문이 검색되었으며, 그 중 62편의 논문을 분석 결과에 따르면 신수, 위중, 대장수, 곤륜, 환도, 아시혈, 관원수, 양릉천, 기해수, 요양관이었으며, 태계혈이 함께 조합되어 사용되었다. 이를 통해 요통에 대한 침 치료 효과를 밝히기 위한 이전의 연구들에서 족태양방광경의 경혈들이 주로 사용된 것, 그리고 근위와 원위의 경혈이 사용된 것을 알 수 있다. 추후 연구를 통해 경혈과 치료 효과 간의 상관 관계를 밝히고 경혈을 선정하고 조합하는 원리에 대한 가이드라인을 제시하기 위해서는 치료 효과에 대한 정량적인 분석 방법과 이용한 경혈에 대한 자세한 보고가 필수적이다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (NRF-2021R1F1A1050116).

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