Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry (동의신경정신과학회지)

The Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry (대한한방신경정신과학회)
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A Bibliographic Study of Anxiety and Anxiety Disorder in Oriental Medicinee

불안(不安) 및 불안병증(不安病症)에 대한 한의학적 연구

  • Kwon, Jong-Jun (Dept. of Oriental Neuropsychiatry Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Heon (Dept. of Oriental Neuropsychiatry Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Lyu, Yeoung-Su (Dept. of Oriental Neuropsychiatry Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kang, Hyung-Won (Dept. of Oriental Neuropsychiatry Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
  • 권종준 (원광대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과교실) ;
  • 김태헌 (원광대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과교실) ;
  • 류영수 (원광대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과교실) ;
  • 강형원 (원광대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과교실)
  • Published : 2005.06.30
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Abstract

Anxiety is essentially a normal emotion with great adaptive significance like pain. to ease human suffering, treatment is sought to quell pain and anxiety only when they are excessive or when they interfere with performance or general health. In oriental medicine, anxiety has been also known as a important factor which is cause of body and mind disease. We obtained some points after studying of bibliographic research about anxiety and anxiety disorder like follows: 1. The signification of anxiety is similar to fear affection(恐情) and anxious feelings are fearful, long for solitary life and afraid of captivity. 2. Mechanism of anxiety disorder is related with kidney(腎) as well as heart(心), liver(肝), gall bladder(膽) and stomach(胃). 3. The prescription of fear affection is tonifying of kidney(益腎) and fixing of kidney's pure substance(固精) that is based on deficiency of kidney(賢氣不足) 4. A representative disorder about anxiety and phobia are Keongke(驚悸) and Cheongchung(정충). 5. Keongke(驚悸) and Cheongchung(정충) may be understood as phobias(恐佈症), general anxiety disorder(凡不安障碍) and panic disorder(恐慌障碍).

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