Kim, Su-Min; Jung, Kyoung-Keun; Lee, Kyoung-Hee; Kwon, Mi-Jung; Jang, Kyung-Jun

Purpose In order to profits to investigator who want to know acupuncture and moxbustion treatments are available to what symptoms today and how goes on the clinical lecture for oriental medical students, this research was carried out. Methods The following conclusion were derived from 745 of patients who treated in acupunture & moxibustion department of Dongeui Oriental Medical hospital from the July in 2006 till January in 2007. Results 1. There were 203(27.25%) persons of Lumbago, 101(13.56%) persons of Bel's palsy, 94(12.62%) persons of Omalgia, 80(10.74%) persons of paralysis of limb, 74(9.94%) persons of disordinary sense of limb and etc. 2. There were 395 females(53.02%) and 350 males(46.98%). 3. The patients over 60th were 26.72%, the 50th were 23.08%, the 40th were 22.14%, the 30th were 15.44%, 20th were 8.45%. So the older the more patients. Conclusion In accordance with the above results, acupuncture & moxibustion teatments are good to use degenerative musculoskeletal disease, pain, paralysis and etc.

New Patients; Acupuncture; Moxibustion

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