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KMID : 0617819960060010158
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Journal of Wonkwang Oriental Medicine
1996 Volume.6 No. 1 p.158 ~ p.167
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The Clinical study on the Therapy of Color Blindness
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Abstract
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The most important theory of color vision was Young-Helmholtz theory. According to the theory, there are three different types of cones, each of watch responds maximally to different color, one type responding maximally to red, another to green, and another to blue.
The subject of this study is investigation of possibility on the Therpy of Color Blindness by acupuncture. The 32 patients of color blindness who were treated by acupuncture therapy became the object of this study.
The patients consisted mainly of young man and student because they wanted to conquer restriction on employment.
Degree of Color Blindness on the first medical examination is split into three level, the most seriouse level group responds grade Ⅲ that was appared in 18 patients, the middle seriouse group responds grade Ⅱ that was appared in 11 patients, the slight group responds grade Ⅰ that was appared in 3 patients.
After the treatment was operated, the group of grade Ⅲ patients(18 numbers) were changed into 5 patients of grade Ⅲ, 3 patients of grade Ⅱ, 8 patients of grade Ⅰ, 2 patients of recovered group(Normal) by the acupunture, the group of grade Ⅱ patients (11 numbers) were changed into 3 patients of non-effective group, 4 patients of grade Ⅰ, 4 patients of recovered group (Normal), the group of grade Ⅰ(3 numbers) were changed into 1 patient of non-effective group, 2 patients df recovered group(Normal).
The total result of the treatreamt were that poor result was appear in 9 patients, good result as appear in 15 patients, excellent result of normal was appear in 8 patients.
These result suggests that acupuncture treatment could be applied on Color Blindness effectively.
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