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KMID : 0895820110210040269
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2011 Volume.21 No. 4 p.269 ~ p.279
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The Clinical Study on 1 Case of Arteriosclerosis Obliterans Treated with Oriental Medicine
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Ahn Jae-Min
Yoon Il-Ji
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical application of blood-letting therapy and oriental medicine with arteriosclerosis obliterans.
Methods: The patient in this case had been already treated by anticoagulation, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and thrombolysis. But these methods didn`t work on patient and condition had gone bad. Finally the patient`s left limb was about to be amputated. Patient did not want to cut off her lower limb, so she visited us to find a way for treating and preserving her lower limb. A drastic treatment was necessary in this situation. We treated the patient with Korean traditional treatment. Specially excessive blood-letting therapy and oriental medicine helped the patient to decrease the pain, numbness and frigidity.
Results: After treatment, the chief complaint and accompanying symptoms were subsided and improved. And personal and social performance scale was increased.
Conclusions: According to this study, Korean traditional treatment such as blood-letting theraphy, and oriental medication is effective for the cure of arteriosclerosis obliterans. During this period, foot necrosis was delayed and amputation is not needed any more.
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KEYWORD
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Arteriosclerosis obliterans, Anticoagulation, Blood-letting, Oriental medicine
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