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KMID : 1138520040070030131
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Journal of Pharmacopuncture
2004 Volume.7 No. 3 p.131 ~ p.136
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Oriental Medical Treatment of chronic Acalculous Cholecystitis
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Lee Hae-Yeon
Park Jung-Han
Cho Hyun-Seok
Kim Jung-Chul
We Jong-Seong
Baek Tae-Hyun
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Abstract
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Chronic acalculous cholecystitis gets possession of about 12 to 13 percent of patients with chronic cholecystitis. Pathologically it is characterised by chronic inflammation and thickening of the gallbladder wall but doesn’’t come across stones. Clinical symptoms are vague and include abdominal discomfort and distension, nausea, flatulence and intolerance of fatty foods. A patient on chronic acalculous cholecystitis diagnosed from his clinical symtoms and abdominal ultrasonogram was treated by Geonbihwan, acupuncture and herbal acupuncture. Satisfactory symptomatic improvement was achieved and findings of abdominal ultrasonogram came also normal.
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KEYWORD
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chronic acalculous cholecystitis, Geonbihwan, acupuncture, herbal acupuncture
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