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KMID : 0387420090200040103
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2009 Volume.20 No. 4 p.103 ~ p.113
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Auricular Acupuncture Treatment of Insomnia in Traditional Medicine
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Nam Ji-sung
Jeong Hyun-Suk
Lee Dae-Hyun
Jang In-San
Kim Lak-Hyung
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study is to review the auricular acupuncture treatment of insomnia in current traditional medicine.
Methods : We reviewed the 18 studies about auricular acupuncture of insomnia which were published from 2005 through 2009. We selected those studies from PubMed, ScienceDirect, CNKI, KMbase, Korean studies Information Service System, and Korean traditional knowledge portal.
Results : Selected 18 studies were divided into 8 case reports and 10 control studies. Auricular acupuncture points frequently used were Sinmun(神門), Heart(心) and acupuncture points frequently used were Baekhoe(百會, GV20), Sinmun(神門, HT7). According to specific parts of symptom, some points were added. Most of studies reported that Auricular acupuncture treatment of insomnia were very effective.
Conclusions : There have been many auricular acupuncture treatment of insomnia in traditional medicine, and we believe that these studies could be applied to the clinical practices in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Auricular acupuncture treatment, Insomnia, Traditional medicine
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