The clinical study on treatment of HIVD of lumbar spine using Scolopendrid Herbal Acupuncture

Park, So-Young; Choi, Hoi-Kang; So, Ki-Suk; Kang, Woo-Jung; Lee, Gun-Mok; Kim, Sung-Chul; Koh, Kang-Hun;

Keywords: the scolopendrid aquacupuncture; H.I.V.D.; D.I.T.I.; physical test; Oswestry disability index; self-conscious pain rate

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2003.6.1.019

Objective : This study is perfonned for the purpose of examining the efficacy of the scolopendrid (Scolopendra morsitans L.) which has been used to low back pain as a folk remedy. Methods & Results : Seventy patients with H.I.V.D. treated with the scolopendrid aquacupuncture and examined 4 tests; D.I.T.L., physical test, Oswestry disability index, and self-conscious pain rate were studied. There was of efficacy rate in each tests. Moreover, statistically valuable change in 5 to 7 D.I.T.I. points and in self-conscious pain rate was showed. Conclusion : The scolopendrid aquacupuncture is possible to be effective treating the H.I.V.D patients. So we suggest the possibility using this new remedy to the H.I.V.D. patients.