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KMID : 1147820200090020037
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Journal of Naturopathy
2020 Volume.9 No. 2 p.37 ~ p.45
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Effects of Breathing, Meditation and Qigong on the Impairable Dysfunction of Olfactory Sense in the Parkinson’s Disease
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An So-Jung
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Abstract
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Purpose: Symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) include tremors, bradykinesia, and rigidity. The purpose was to explore the effects of breathing, meditation and qigong on the improving of insight, behavior, mood discomfort, depression, anxiety, and olfactory dysfunction, which are PD non-motor symptoms.
Methods: Three stages of An’s-4444 healing breathing, An’s Gwanjeong healing meditation, and healing qigong performed 12 times for 80 minutes at a time in subjects with PD (11 patients), and pre- and post-measurements compared and evaluated.
Results: The Integrated Parkinson’s Rating Scale (UPDRSI) for mood discomfort after 12 healings was 69%. The Depression Scale (61%) for HAMD, and 64% for Anxiety (HAMA)), and the smell identification test (TSI) for a trial for olfactory dysfunction, improved to 82%, respectively. However, the numerical values after one month after 12 healing were almost same in all four scales. This means that the healing effect maintained until after one month.
Conclusions: An’s healing breathing, meditation and qigong therapy significantly improved insight, behavior, and mood discomfort, and nonmotor symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and olfactory dysfunction. These results suggest that An’s breathing, meditation and qigong therapy are valuable as a primary therapy to improve and heal non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease patients. Further research in biomedical science is needed.
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KEYWORD
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Parkinson s disease, Non-motor symptoms, Olfactory dysfunction, Breathing, Meditation, Qigong
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