A view on the past and present of the acupuncture medicine and future prospect.
10.3777/jjsam.36.143
- VernacularTitle:針灸医学の成果に関する展望
- Author:
Yoshio OSHIMA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Review Acupuncture Med
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1986;36(3):143-151
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
A marked increase in the number of acupuncture medicine literature was proved during the 10 years ranging from 1975 to 1984 compared with 20 years ranging from 1955 to 1974. Basic scientific studies in this field also increased recently.
Clinical studies were carried out on 2000 cases treated with acupuncture in the Toyo Igaku Gijutsu Kenshu Center and on 465 cases similarly treated in the Outpatient Clinik of Oriental Medicine attached to Saitama Medical School.
Female patients prevailed slightly over male patients. (56:44)
Middle and old age patients occupied the majority.
54-56% of the patients had history of disorder over one year.
Backache, shoulder and arm pain, headache, tinnitus, leg pain and cold feet were the frequent chief complaints.
Improvement was seen in 54.2% of the Center patients and in 83.2% of the patients treated in the Outpatient Clinik of the Saitama Medical School on an average.
Gradual increase in ameriolation was observed through serial repetition of treatment but it was likely to show an oscillatory or rhythmical change in improvement rate, that is, a decrease at 11.-20. time treatment suggesting an adaptation with biological rhythm to the acupuncture treatment. Further studies from this view point will be necessary to elucidate action mechanism of acupuncture treatment.
