According to social becomes more complicated, alcoholics are increasing day by day in men and wemen in ourcountry.
And there are some drugs to stop drinking, but alcoholics dislike to use it because of its side effects.
Now ear acupuncture is applied on so many disease because of its easy handling, non side effect and high efficacy in clinics.
Therefore, in order to investigate the effect of ear acupuncture and develop non-drug treatment, we analyzed 233 stopping drinking patients treated with ear acupuncture in Oriental Medicine Hospital of Dae Jon University from Nov. 12. 1991 to
Feb.
2.
1992
@ES The results were summarizde as follows:
@EN 1. In age distribution, 30s was the top as 30.0% and next 40s, 50s, below 30s. Male to female ratio was 99:1
2. Marial status revealed in descending order married, single, divocred.
Distribution of sibling order in descending order: eldest son, middle son, youngest son, only son.
3. Distribution of occupation in descending order: merchant salaried man and labor, inoccupation, farmer, service man, teacher and student.
Distribution of religion in descending order: none, buddissm protestantism, catholicism.
4. Distribution of education in descending order: high school middle school, college and graduate school, illiterate.
Distribution of family history of alcoholism: yes(10.3%), no(85.8%).
5. Distribution of onset in descending order: 20s, below 20s, 30s, above 40s.
Distribution of duration in descending order: 10-9 years, 20-29 years, 30-39 years, below 10 years, above 40 years.
Distribution of kind of liquor in descending order: sojoo, maggeoli, beer, mixed, foreign wine.
Distribution of frequency in descending order: daily, two or three times a week and irregularly, four or five times a week, once a time.
Distribution of motive to drinking in descending order: friend, army life, curiosity, personal anguish, physical labor, parental invitation.
Distribution of the reasion to stop drinking in descending order: health, drunken habits, family intention, religion reason, social reason, docter intention economic reason.
Distribution of symtoms in past experience to drinking, in descending order: none, anxiety tremor, insomnia.
Past experiences to stop drinking: yes(51.1%), no(43.3%)
Distribution of disease descending order: liver disease, gastrointestinal tract, hypertention and diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia.
Admission history of history: yes(15.9%), no(76.9%).
Distribution of the times to admission in descending order: 1 times, 2 times, above 5 times, 3 times and 4 times.
Distribution of total MAST score in descending order: 26-48 scorre, 19-25 score, 13-18 score, 8-12 score, 0-7 score.
Blood chemistry: S-G. O. T(>40u) 20.6%, S-G. P. T(>40u) 14.2%), r-G. T. P(60mu) 22.3%.
Distribution of the times to treatment in descending order: 3 times, 4times, 2times and 10times, 5 times and 6 times, 7 times, 1 times, 11 times, 8 times, 9 times and 15 times, 13times, 14 times.
Distribution of the times to onset in decrrease of desire, in descending order: 3 times, 2 times, 1 times, 4times, 5 times, 6 times, 7 times, 8 times, 10times, 9 times, and 12 times.
Distribution of the times to onset in the change of taste, in descending order: 3 times, 1 times, 2 times and 5 times.
Distribution of symtoms to after auricular acupucture treatment, in descending order: general weakness, nausea vomiting, improved headache and decrease of desire for smoking, hedache and insomnia, improved appetite.
Distribution of the times to onset in descending order: 1 times, times, 3 times, 4 times, 5 times, 6 times and 7times.
The success rate in age in descending order: below 30 years, 50s, above 60 years, 40s, 30s.
The success rate in duration in descending order: 30-39 years, below 10 years, above 40 years, 20-29 years, 10-19 years.
The success rate accordant with past experience: yes(77.3%), no (71.3%)
The success rate in total MAST score in descending order: 0-7 score, 8-12 score, 13-18 score, 26-48 score, 19-25 score.
23. The success rate in times of treatment in descending order: 14 times, 8 times, 13 times, 10 times and 15 times, 11 times, 12 times, 5 times and 6 times, 9 times, 3 times, 4times, 7times, 1 times, 2 times.
24. The success rate in frequency of drinking in descending order: two or three times a week, irregularly, four or five times a week, daily, once a week.
25. The success rate in the change after auricular acupuncture treatment in descending order: decrease of desire, symtoms of after auricular acupuncture treatment, change of taste, unchanged.
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