Acupuncture as a Primary Preventative Therapy
10.3777/jjsam.31.335
- VernacularTitle:第一次予防における鍼灸治療の立場
- Author:
Toshikatsu Kitade
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1982;31(4):335-341
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
In this day and age with the complicated, rapidly changing society and living environment there has been a tendency for the number of half-healthy persons, that is those with a syndrome of indefinite symptoms, to increase. This is not a serious syndrome but for the sufferer there is a desperate search for a cure for his pain, thus jogging, calesthenics and other various forms of excercise therapy, brown rice, vegetable and other diet therapies and finally various types of “point” therapies using acupoints and meridians, the roots of acupuncture-moxibustion therapy are becoming popular.
Considering acupuncture-moxibustion therapy as a therapeutic measure and approach which contributes to the primary prevention of diseases we examined by questionaire just how much of a role it plays.
In addition, I examined acupuncture-moxibustion therapeutic results for this indefinite complaint syndrome using as a basis the results obtained at Osaka Medical College Anesthesioology Dept. Pain Clinic.
Two points were selected as subjects of examination:
1. Normally experienced indefinite symptoms (shoulder stiffness, insomnia, headache, eye fatigue, menstrual disorder).
2. Health methods used to combat these indefinite symptoms
Using the results of the above investigation I will examine the position of acupuncture-moxibustion therapy in preventative medicine especially as a primary preventative.
