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KMID : 1161120140040010001
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Journal of TMJ Balancing Medicine
2014 Volume.4 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.4
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Intraoral Appliances in the Medical Classics of 12th to 19th Centuries
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Lee Young-Jun
Lee Sang-Bae
Choi Geun-Wook
Yin Chang-Shik
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Abstract
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Objectives: Intraoral appliances (IOA) are applied in the clinical practice of Korean medicine to improve the balance between yin and yang of the body such as temporomandibular joint balancing medicine. Historical examples of IOA were not well known. This study reports prototype IOA's described in medical classics.
Methods: Several medical classics of 12th to 19th centuries were narratively reviewed for prototypical descriptions of IOA's in the context of clinical practice.
Results: IOA's in the medical classics reviewed adopted such materials as bamboo, chopsticks, and coins that were adjusted in the height and were used as a temporary IOA's with response of the patient being monitored. IOA's were applied integratively with herbal medicine for diverse complaints such as pain, hearing problem, cough, asthma, and rhinorrhea.
Conclusions: Prototype IOA's in the medical classics suggest an individualized, integrative, and holistic principle and usage of IOA's in the tradition of Korean medicine.
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KEYWORD
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Intraoral appliance, Temporomandibular joint balancing medicine, TBM, Medical classics, Korean medicine
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