THE EFFECT OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE ON THE RECOVERY FROM STROKE

Sung-Keel KANG, Yong-Suk KIM
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine.
KyungHee University. #1 Hoegi-dong Tongdaemun-ku, Seoul 130-702, Korea.

Aim: Strokes are the third major cause of death in Korea. Oriental Medicine, including acupuncture, has been applied to the treatment of stroke pationts. We have studied the effectiveness of Oriental medicine by evaluating their neurologic scores.
Methods: One hundred fifty stroke patients were treated by Oriental medicine at the Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion in the Hospital of Oriental Medicine at KyungHee University from September 1995 to February 1996. Acupuncture treatment was done everyday on the affected side at GV20, GB20, GB34, GB39, L14, LI10, TE5, ST40, SP6, and LR3 as well as LI11 and ST36 on both sides. Every patient had his or her neurological assessment score recorded weekly for the first five weeks after admission or until discharge. The level of consciousness and language, the functions of motor, sensory, bladder and cranial nerve were evaluated by the graded neurologic scale.
Results: The average age was 65 (male 64, female 67); 46% of them were left hemiparesis and 54% right. The mean score at admission was 18.75 (level of consciousness 1.18, language 4.71, motor function 7.39, sensory function 0.5, bladder function 1.1 and cranial nerve function 3.86). The mean score at discharge or after the first five weeks from admission was 11.75 (level of consciousness 0.5 language 4.57, motor function 3.32, sensory function 0.36, bladder function 0.64, and cranial nerve function 2.36).
Conclusion: It is evident that Oriental medicine has certain efficacy in the patient's recovery from a stroke.

Clinical Research & Application
ENT & Ophthalmology

A TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS WITH SNEEZING NASAL DISCHARGE AND CONGESTION BY ACUPUNCTURE

Nam Sun KIM
Young Dong Oriental Allergic Rhinitis Clinic. 117-4 Non Hyun Dong, Kang Nam Gu, Seoul, Korea.

Aim: The allergic rhinitis is increasing in th these years. The allergic rhinitis patients have symptoms on sneezing, nasal discharge and nasal congestion. So the author investigated the efficacy, safety and usefulness of acupuncture treated by stimulation of Meridian acupoints.
Methods: Patients were divided into a sneezing and nasal discharge group (50 persons) and a congestion group (50 persons). The main points: Hegu (LI4), Yingxiang(LI20), Yintang(E16), and Fengchi (G20) were needled alternately 20 minutes per day.
Results: The author treated 50 patients of allergic rhinitis with sneezing and nasal discharge, 50 patients with nasal congestion. After a 16-week acupuncture treatment, 42 cases (84%) of group 1 had marked improvement, 38 cases (76%) of group 2 had marked improvement. The total effective rate in the two groups was 80%.
Conclusion: The results above show that acupuncture therapy is effective to the allergic rhinitis with sneezing, nasal discharge and congestion.

Experimental Research
Meridians & Acupoints

THE EFFECT OF ZUSANLI (ST36) ACUPUNCTURE ON THE GASTRIC MOTILITY

Chang-Beohm AHN, Jeong-Wook HEO
Department of Oriental Medicine Graduate School, Dongeui University, Pusan S14-054, Korea.
Department of Oriental Medicine Graduate School, Dongguk University, Kyeongju 780-714, Korea.

Aim and Methods; In order to determine effects of Zusanli (ST36) acupuncture on the gastric motility in the cat, alteration in the motility of stomach by acetylcholine or norepinephrine was observed for 20 minutes before and after Zusanli (ST36) acupuncture.
Results: (1) Zusanli (ST36) acupuncture significantly increased the mean wave amplitude and motor index of the gastric movement. (2) Acetylcholine (10 pg) increased the mean wave amplitude and motor index. Effects by acetylcholine on the gastric motility did not show ant difference between before and after Zusanli (ST36) acupuncture. (3) Norepinephrine (10 pg) markedly inhibited the mean wave amplitude, percent motor activity and motor index. Inhibition of the mean wave amplitude and motor index by norepinephrine was reduced after Zusanli (ST36) acupuncture compared to before the acupuncture.
Conclusion: These results that Zusanli (ST36) acupuncture stimulated the gastric motility. Therefore, it seems that ST36 acupuncture can be effective on the treatments for gastric disease due to weak gastric motility.

Experimental Research
Immunity & Neuroendocrine Effect

EFFECTS OF MOXA TAR ON IGF-I PROMOTER GENE EXPRESSION
WITH MC3T3-E1 OSTEOBLAST-LIKE CELL

Sung-Woon KIM
#1, Hoeki-dong, Dongdaemun-ku, Seoul 130-702, Korea.

Aim: Moxa had been gotten a good effect for various chronic diseases from ancient Korea. It had two effects, one was heat of burning moxa, and the other was chemical stimulation with moxa tar. We tried to study for this chemical effect of moxa tar.
Methods: We used rat osteoblast-like cell line, MC3T3-E1 cell, which could make rate IGF-I for checking DNA synthesis and IGF-I promoter expression. We used 24 well tissue culture plate with 5¡¿104 cells. We treated cells with serum-free media for 1 day, then simultaneously add diluted moxa tar and [3H] thymidine into cells for 6 hours. Also, we tested rat IGF-I promoter mRNA signals from the same settings of MC3T3-E1 cells with RT-PCR and in vitro T7 transcription method.
Results: We found that [3H] thymidine incorporation had maximum value at 100¡¿ diluted [1¡¿10-2] moxa tar concentration. [3H] thymidine incorporation was increased tendency with decreasing dilution to 100 times, then decreased 94% of control at 20¡¿ dilution. (p<0.001¡Ú vs. 1¡¿10-2 concentration and control.) In contrast to DNA incorporation, the autoradiographic signals showed that IGF-I promoter mRNAs were decreased with less diluted moxa tar, but its signal recovered at 2¡¿103 diluted samples.
Conclusion: Moxa tar could stimulate DNA synthesis, but suppress IGF-I signals in MC3G3-E1 cells. These data meant that some content of moxa tar can stimulate cell proliferation without IGF-I system.

Literature Review & Acupuncture Theory
Acupuncture Theory

A STUDY ON TRIPLE BURNER REGULATING METHOD
BASED UPON THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES

Jung E. KIM, Choong H. CHO
Oriental Meridian Herbal Acupuncture Institute. #215 Goldentel 102 Kwangjang-dong
Sungdong-gu, Seoul, Korea.
Yin University.

Aim: Herbal acupuncture based upon the eight principles of Oriental diagnoses is to treat patients whose diseases are almost incurable by western medicinal treatment. The range of the treatment in this application is from rheumatic pain, bronchitis, diabetes melitis, hypertension to cancer.
Methods: It is important to extract pure essence from the herbs by the process of distillation. Then infuse the essence into the affected area or back Shu points responding to the affected zang-fu organs.
Results: Diagnosing the aspects of the diseases is initiated by examining the back as to whether it is bulged or depressed. Bulging refers to either excessive yang or excessive yin, depression refers to either deficient yin or deficient yang. And then corresponding extract of the essence can be considered. Chronic hepatitis may be associated with excessive yang; chronic indigestion may be associated with excessive yin. Meanwhile, deficient yin is for paralysis and diabetes.
Conclusion: In this way, paralysis disorder, various cancer disease, diabetes, hypertension, lumbago pain, chronic hepatitis, hyperthyroidism, etc. can be ameliorated or cured even without noticeable side effects. But again the most important part of the treatment for the aforementioned hard-to-cure diseases by this present method is to properly diagnose the patients according to the eight principles of Oriental diagnosis.