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KMID : 1138520050080010005
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Journal of Pharmacopuncture
2005 Volume.8 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.11
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The Effects of the Hominis Placenta Herbal acupuncture on Sleep pattern disturbance
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Yoon Hyun-Min
Lee Chae-Woo
Kim Hong-Ki
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study has been designed and performed to identify the effect of Hominis Placenta herbal acupuncture which is usually used in reducing sleep pattern disturbances.
Methods : The study subjects studied included 48 patients who were admitted in hospital located in Pusan, and they were classified into 2 groups : 25 patients in the experimental group who injected Hominis Placenta herbal acupuncture and 23 patients in the control group who were treated by acupuncture. The both group injected on GB_{20}, GB_{12} and GB_{20} for 5 days without medicine. The sleep pattern disturbance score was measured by using 15 questions according to Korean Sleep Scale A(Oh, Jin Joo. Song, Mi. Soon. Kim, Shin Mi. 1998).
Results & conclusions : The sleep pattern disturbance score of the experimental group who injected Hominis Placenta herbal acupuncture was significantly lower than that of the control group(t=7.00 p=.00). These results provided that Hominis Placenta herbal acupuncture of GB_{20}, GB_{12} and HT, was effective for relieving sleep pattern disturbances, it is need mere sample’’s number and more treatment’’s duration.
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KEYWORD
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Hominis Placenta, Sleep pattern disturbances, Herbal acupuncture
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