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KMID : 1129720190360010036
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Korean Journal of Acupuncture
2019 Volume.36 No. 1 p.36 ~ p.43
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The History of CO2 Laser Acupuncture and Moxibustion
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Jang In-San
Yang Chang-Sop
Sun Seung-Ho
Han Chang-Ho
Hwang Eui-Hyoung
Seo Hyung-Sik
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Abstract
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Objectives : Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser, a high power laser has been used for pain management, dermatology, and surgery and laser acupuncture and moxibustion as well, since it had been oscillated in 1964 at Bell Telephone Laboratories in the US. The purpose of this study is to investigate the history of CO2 laser acupuncture through reviewing studies published in early stage of laser medicine.
Methods : To investigate the early history of CO2 laser acupuncture, studies were searched in the electronic databases, including PubMed, ScienceDirect, CNKI, Wanfang, J-STAGE, CiNii, KTNP, and OASIS, since 1964. Articles in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean were included, and there were no limitations in literature types such as reviews, essays, clinical trials, animal experiments and veterinary research.
Results : We found that the first CO2 laser application to acupoints was done by a research team in Shanghai in 1976. They used CO2 laser for acupuncture treatment and it was also the first laser acupuncture treatment in China. Since the first case report of CO2 laser for leukopenia, it has been applied to various diseases in China, Korea, Japan and other western countries. It has been widely applied in the fields of dentistry and veterinary medicine, as well as clinical applications.
Conclusions : Not only CO2 laser can be used as laser acupuncture by stimulating the acupoints and meridians, but also can produce moxibustion effect by using heat stimulus. Therefore, it is expected that it will be used in various clinical fields in the future.
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KEYWORD
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laser acupuncture, carbon dioxide laser, CO2, Korean Medicine
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