A5034983340- Healthcare and Venom Research
- Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
- Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications
- Plant-based Medicinal Research
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Medical Research and Treatments
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Sleep and related disorders
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Kyung Hee University
2016-2025
Kyung Hee University Medical Center
2004-2025
Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital
2020
National Cancer Registration Service
2020
Weatherford College
2019
Creative Commons
2019
National Research Foundation of Korea
2019
Korea University
2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness and safety combined treatment using acupuncture bee venom (BVA) as an adjunctive for idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD).Eleven patients (7 men 4 women) with PD who had been receiving a stable dose anti-parkinsonian medication at least weeks. Participants received conventional 12 Subsequently, they additional BVA twice weekly weeks while still maintaining treatment. All participants were assessed baseline, weeks, 24 by Unified...
To evaluate the pharmacological actions of herbal medicines, metabolic activities medicine components, ginsenoside Rb1, glycyrrhizin, geniposide and baicalin to their bioactive compounds compound K, 18beta-glycyrrhetic acid, genipin baicalein by fecal specimens were measured. Their 646.1+/-591.4, 29.4+/-51.7, 926.3+/-569.6 3884.6+/-1400.1 micromol/h/g, respectively. The profiles these Rb1 not significantly different those water extracts Scutellariae Radix Ginseng Radix. None tested between...
Objectives: The objective of the study was to test whether acupuncture improves endothelial dysfunction in patients with hypertension and compare effects different acupoints find out which one is most suitable for long-term follow-up study. Design: This a pilot, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. Subjects were randomly assigned sequence four treatment phases, each 15 minutes 7-day washout period between. Acupuncture needles inserted at bilateral ST 36; PC 6; 36...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy acupuncture and bee venom (BVA) for idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) through a sham-controlled trial. We also investigated whether there is sustained therapeutic effect by completing follow-up assessments after treatment completion.A single center, double-blind, three-armed randomized controlled trial.This performed at university hospital in Seoul, Republic Korea.Seventy-three (73) patients with IPD were subjects. They randomly assigned...
The objective of the study was to investigate effect acupuncture on circadian rhythm blood pressure (BP) in patients with hypertension.The designed as a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Subjects were randomly divided into an active group and sham group. Each patient received real or treatment twice week for 8 weeks. Acupuncture needles inserted at bilateral ST 36 plus PC 6; placebo points.Thirty-three (33) essential hypertension subjects.Twenty-four (24)-hour ambulatory BP...
Backgrounds and objectives: Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index (CAVI) is one of the indicators used for cardiovascular indexes, which are not affected by blood pressure so that it can independently measure risk. Herbal medicines including Geopungdan Chunghyuldan already known as preventive effect vascular diseases stroke arteriosclerosis. In this study, cases in patients were measured CAVI before after taking these herbal retrospectively collected.Methods: This a 13-patient case series from...
Objectives: The objective of this study was to explore the type and frequency short-term reactions, de qi associated with acupuncture treatment, determine incidence adverse events following treatment in Korea. Subjects methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional survey patient reports using 1095 subjects; 585 subjects are outpatients East-West NEO Medical Center remaining 510 Kyung Hee Center. In period June November 2006, participating subjects, who had all received acupuncture,...
Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess differences in brain responses between pressure and acupuncture stimulation at the same acupoint using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Subjects: A total 10 healthy right-handed volunteers were studied. Design: fMRI performed with two different paradigms; namely, points LI11 ST36 on left. data analyzed SPM2. Results: In comparison left stimulation, both sides parahippocampal gyrus, cerebellum, side thalamus, right posterior...
Objectives: Acupuncture has been gaining popularity among practitioners of modern medicine as an alternative and complementary treatment. However, the mechanism its therapeutic effect still remains uncertain. The present study chose GV20 acupoint to evaluate effectiveness, hypothesizing that stimulation induces cerebrovascular responses. Design setting: effects acupuncture treatment on middle cerebral artery (MCA) anterior (ACA) blood flow velocities, CO2 reactivity during hypocapnia were...