Korean Journal of Acupuncture

Society for Meridian and Acupoint (경락경혈학회)
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Analysis of Hyperpigmentation Change for Extravasated Blood Evaluation by Cupping Stimulation

부항자극에 대한 배수혈 어혈평가를 위한 색소침착 변화분석

  • Kim, Soo-Byung (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science Oriental medical Engineering Lab, Yon-Sei University) ;
  • Lee, Na-Ra (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science Oriental medical Engineering Lab, Yon-Sei University) ;
  • Joo, Yea-Il (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science Biomedical Optics Lab, Yon-Sei University) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Heum (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science Oriental medical Engineering Lab, Yon-Sei University) ;
  • Jung, Byung-Jo (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science Biomedical Optics Lab, Yon-Sei University)
  • 김수병 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 의공학과 한의공학연구실) ;
  • 이나라 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 의공학과 한의공학연구실) ;
  • 주예일 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 의공학과 의광학연구실) ;
  • 이용흠 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 의공학과 한의공학연구실) ;
  • 정병조 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 의공학과 의광학연구실)
  • Received : 2010.11.11
  • Accepted : 2011.03.18
  • Published : 2011.03.27
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Abstract

Objectives : Cupping therapy has been used as various treatment methods in oriental medicine clinic for a long time. Specially, Cupping stimulation caused skin hyperpigmentation which has been used as diagnosis method for extravasated blood & inner organs functional disease. But it was difficult to quantitatively measure and analyze the interrelation between extravasated blood and skin hyperpigmentation. The aim of this study is to measure the acupoint's RGB and melanin change pattern by stimulating under fixed 80kPa negative pressure and to evaluate the extravasated blood. Methods : To evaluate extravasated blood, 10 acupoints (left/right BL13, BL15, BL18, BL20, BL23) were stimulated by treatment 80kPa negative pressure for 1 minute. And then we measured the acupoints' skin color change patterns using the color meter, followed by RGB analysis and melanin change pattern. Results and Conclusions : We could observe the correlation of the acupoints' skin color condition related with RGB change pattern. All acupoints' color change degree were different. Regardless of acupoints' color degree due to extravasated blood, we observed in common the fact that RGB values decreased after stimulation and steadily increased according to time. We observed that melanin index increased after stimulation and recovered before stimulation-condition after the lapse of time. In other words, we confirmed the correlation between raised color change degree and $L^*a^*$ index change pattern. Therefore we observed the possibility of charting the $L^*a^*$ index following extravasated blood.

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