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KMID : 1189420100230030078
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology
2010 Volume.23 No. 3 p.78 ~ p.83
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Comparison between Moxibustion and the Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) and the Clinical Application of Photo-moxa
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Jang In-San
Sun Seung-Ho
Nam Dong-Hyun
Kum Su-Eun
Seo Hyung-Sik
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to compare the principles between moxibustion and the ’Intense pulsed light (IPL)’ and to investigate the clinical application of the photo-moxa for the Korean medicine fields.
Methods:The characteristics of moxibustion, IPL, parabolic reflector moxa and the dermatology surgical use of moxibustion were reviewed in the literature.
Results: IPL is one type of light treatments that is employed by radiating the short-pulse wave, which is transformed from the light of high intensity. There has been used parabolic reflector in Asia for more than 2,000 years, and this hand-held device used for moxibustion in traditional medicine. Moxibustion is one of the treatment tools in Korean medicine using the heat energy. The fluence or energy density of IPL in clinical circumstances is similar to parabolic reflector moxa of moxibustion. IPL and parabolic reflector moxa shared same treatment principle employing the heat energy. Therefore IPL could apply for many indications in Korean medicine as a moxibustion tool and acupuncture.
Conslusions: IPL may be plausible to be a fascinate method in phototherapy of Korean medicine.
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KEYWORD
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Intense pulsed light, IPL, Moxibustion, Phototherapy, Korean Medicine, Laser
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