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KMID : 0363420030170020173
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2003 Volume.17 No. 2 p.173 ~ p.198
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Current tendency of oriental approach to the cerebral palsy
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Kim Jang-Hyun
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Abstract
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Background: Cerebral palsy(CP) is a static encephalopathy caused by an insult to the brain during the prenatal, perinatal, or postnatal period (ie, up to 2 years). CP can lead to global dysfunction but always includes motor problems
Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate the current tendency of oriental approach to the CP and promote oriental treatment of CP in Korea
Method: Investigation of current literature and clinical paper in Korea and Chinese
Result and Conclusion : 1) CP fall under the category of wu-chi(five kinds of retardations : çéòÀ), wu-ruan(five kinds of flaccidity : çéæã), wu-ying(five kinds of Stiffness : çéÌã) in oriental medicine and correspond to naoxing-tanhuan in current chinese medicine. 2) CP is mainly caused by weakness of the liver and kidney(ÊÜãìÝÕðë), weakness of the spleen and stomach(Þ¡êÖúÈå°), and the method of treatment is tonify the liver and kidney(ÜÍìÌÊÜãì), tonify the spleen and replenish qi(ÜÍÞ¡ìÌѨ), but yu-chi(the faculty of speech : åÞòÀ) is caused by deficiency of the heart(ãýúÈ) so that treated with method of invigorating the heart and nourishing blood(ÜÍãýå×úì). Recently blood stagnancy the stagnation of qi(ѨôòúìåÜ) is considered as the cause of CP, promoting qi circulation to invigorate blood(ú¼Ñ¨üÀúì) is mentioned the treatment of method. 3) In addtion to a herbal medication and acupuncture, the various treatments of scalp acupuncture(ÔéöÝ), acupoint injection(úëêÈñ¼ÞÒ), catgut embedding therapy(ØØöÝ) etc. had been applicated to CP and for the objective evaluation of remedial value, TCD, EEG, BMD have been used.
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KEYWORD
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cerebral palsy, wu-chi(çéòÀ), wu-ruan(çéæã), wu-ying(çéÌã)
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