The Clinical Effects of Carthami-Flos Pharmacopuncture on Posterior Neck pain of Menopausal Women

Park, Jae-Yeon; Yun, Kyung-Jin; Choi, You-Jin; Kim, Min-Seok; Yu, Sung-Jin; Lee, Cham-Kyul; Roh, Jeong-Du; Lee, Eun-Yong

Keywords: Carthami-Flos; Neck pain; Pharmacopuncture; menopause; VAS; NDI; MENQOL

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2011.14.4.071

Objectives: The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of Carthami-Flos Pharmacopuncture on posterior neck pain of menopausal women. Methods: We treated 20 female patients with neck pain patient(45-60 yr) into two groups and treated Group A with Carthami-Flos Pharmacopuncture and common acupuncture and Group B with common acupuncture. The efficacy of treatment was measured by VAS, NDI and MENQOL scores of before and after 30 days to start treatment. Results: Both group A and B represented effective improvement in VAS and NDI of neck pain and MENQOL scores. And group A was more effective than B group statistically. Conclusions: It was suggested that Carthami-Flos Pharmacopuncture treatment might have effect on posterior neck pain treatment of menopausal women.