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KMID : 0615720110280010015
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2011 Volume.28 No. 1 p.15 ~ p.28
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Study of the Thermal Properties of Warm Needle and the Development of Warm Needle Apparatus
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Kim Jung-Wo
Lee Hye-Jung
Ahn Chang-Beohm
Yi Seung-Ho
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Abstract
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Objectives: To understand the strength and weakness of traditional warm needle acupuncture based on existing research outcomes in Korea mostly and to suggest how to build the desirable warm needle acupuncture apparatus by overcoming demerits of traditional and currently existing ones.
Methods: We searched warm needle relating papers in Korean with the key words of ‘온침, 화침, 열자극’ by using DBpia, Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Society, Journal of Korean Acupuncture & Moxibustion Society and Journal of Society for Meridian and Acupoint. Degree dissertations in Korean were also searched with the same words through the search engine of Library of Kyung Hee University. We also searched with words of ‘warm, thermal, heat, needle, acupuncture, temperature’ via Pubmed and found a small number of English written papers and large number of Chinese written ones. To find english translated version of those papers, we googled with the same words with no success.
Results: About 20 papers on warm needle acupuncture written in Korean were found and analyzed with respect to experimental factors that affected the thermal properties or the amount of heat stimulus of the acupuncture. More rigorous descriptions seemed to be required on the insertion depth, duration and manipulation of warm needle treatment. A basic heat transfer model was presented for the clarification of heat loss through the needle of warm needle acupuncture. Environmental factors such as air flow on the properties seems to be considered for the warm needle acupuncture.
Conclusions : Papers on warm needle acupuncture were reviewed and analyzed based on their thermal properties and tools such as needles and moxa cones. Several suggestions were made on the descriptions relating the properties. Necessary specifications were introduced to aim modernized warm needle systems.
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KEYWORD
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warm needle, fire needle, thermal properties, apparatus development
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