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KMID : 1129720160330030139
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Korean Journal of Acupuncture
2016 Volume.33 No. 3 p.139 ~ p.147
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Acupuncture Expands the Boundary of Mind-Body Medicine
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Kim Jae-Hyo
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Abstract
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Purpose: The acupuncture existed more than 2000 years and has flourished not only in Asia but also in medical field of modern world. In addition, empirical evidences from biomedicine have been expended in many ways in order to objectify the field of acupuncture. Thus, the effect and mechanism of the acupuncture has been revealed in human and other animals. In this article, I attempt to explain what doctors and patients subjectively experience through acupuncture treatment and its clinical significance based on mind-body medicine.
Methods: The experience and clinical significance of the acupuncture was examined in the view of mind-body medicine, also reviewed research trends related to meditation understanding the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture.
Results and Conclusions: Traditional Korean medical doctor perceive generally “jogi“ and “chishin“ meaning the regulation of the balance of the various functions in the human body and patient’s consciousness and psychology state as mightily important concept concerning the therapeutic effect of acupuncture. Despite scientific approach to objective understanding of the acupuncture was performed in the meantime, practitioners put emphasis on experience based on sensate and interaction between doctor-patient. As it reflects the recent understanding of the psychological effects associated with the clinical efficacy of acupuncture, it has been presented one by one through neuroscience and cognitive science. Therefore it is important that interpreting the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture into Mind-body medicine can form a new awareness and attitudes toward traditional medicine.
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KEYWORD
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acupuncture, meditation, deqi, mind-body medicine
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