the practice of korean medicine an overview of clinical trials in acupuncture韩医学的实践在针灸临床试验的概况.pdfVIP

Advance Access Publication 3 August 2005 eCAM 2005;2(3)325–352 doi:10.1093/ecam/neh102 Review The Practice of Korean Medicine: An Overview of Clinical Trials in Acupuncture 1 1 2 3 4 Yong-Suk Kim , Hyungjoon Jun , Younbyoung Chae , Hi-Joon Park , Bong Hyun Kim , Il-Moo Chang4, Sung-keel Kang5 and Hye-Jung Lee2 1Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kangnam Korean Hospital, 2 Department of Oriental Medical Science, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, 3Department of Meridian and Acupuncture, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 4Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea and 5Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, South Korea Acupuncture, one of the Oriental medical therapeutic techniques that can be traced back at least 2500 years, is growing in popularity all over the world. Korea has continued to develop its own unique tradition of medicine throughout its long history, and has formed different types of acupuncture methods. The purpose of this review is to summarize clinical case studies in acupuncture and related therapies, such as acupressure, electric acupuncture, auricular acupuncture and moxibustion in Korea. A survey of Korean journals revealed that a total of 124 studies were published from 1983 to 2001. Results obtained from the