Journal of Pharmacopuncture (대한약침학회지)

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Sa-am Five-element Acupuncture and Hwangyeon-haedoktang Pharmacopuncture Treatment for an Essential Tremor: Three Case Reports

  • Jeong, Jong-Jin (Department of Internal Medicine, Sangji University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Sun, Seung-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Sangji University Korean Medicine Hospital)
  • Received : 2013.06.02
  • Accepted : 2013.07.17
  • Published : 2013.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to report the effect of a combination of Sa-am five-element acupuncture and eight-principle pharmacopuncture (EPP) for the treatment of an essential tremor (ET). This study reviewed the medical records treated at OO Korean medical hospital for ET by using diverse types of acupuncture without herbal medicine, other types of physical therapy, and western medication related ET or Parkinson's disease and was performed after the approval of the institutional review board (IRB). The three cases that were finally selected were then extracted and reviewed. The three cases that were finally selected involved three women in their 70s to 80s. The evaluation of the progress was made by using the numeric rating scale. A combined treatment, the method of liver excess (肝乘格), from among Sa-am five-element acupuncture, and Hwangyeonhaedoktang EPP at CV23 and CV17, was applied to all cases. In all three cases, the ET was improved, and recurred ETs improved with the same treatment. The results suggest that the combined treatment of Sa-am five-element acupuncture and Hwangyeon-haedoktang EPP may be effective for treating an ET, even though this conclusion is based on only three cases.

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