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KMID : 0618720090150020057
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Journal of The Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine Informatics
2009 Volume.15 No. 2 p.57 ~ p.76
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A Review of Acupuncture Studies and Treatments for Stress Regulation and Adrenocortical Hormones
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Kang Mi-Jung
Kim Ji-Yeon
Oh Hye-Jung
Choi Bo-Bin
Kwon Oh-Sang
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Abstract
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Objective : All kinds of stimulus can be work as a stressor, and too much stress can makes disease and leads to a death. It has studied to know what kinds of study have carried out for controlling stress with acupuncture.
Methods : It has searched articles in various web sites with key words of acupuncture, stress, hormone, adrenal, cortisol, catecholamine, epinephrine, and ACTH.
Result : 1. It will work in the hypothalamus-pituitary gland-adrenal axis to control stress with acupuncture. 2. It has studied most in the years of 1990’s and with acupoint of BL23 (腎兪) about controlling stress with acupuncture in Korea. 3. It has studied most in USA, the years of 2000’s and with acupoints of ST36 (足三里), PC6 (內關) about controlling stress with acupuncture in Korea.
Conclusion : It can be said that is growing interest about controlling stress with acupuncture in other countries, and it should be studied more various about controlling stress with acupuncture in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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stress, cortisol, adrenal-cortex, acupuncture
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