透刺法을 利用한 腰椎椎間板脫出症 患者의 下肢痺證 改善에 對한 臨床的 考察 = Clinical studies on 6 cases of patient with sciatica by tu-ja acupuncture treatment.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Six cases of the patient suffering from low back pain with sciatica were treated and observed clinically from April, 1997 to June, 1997 in the Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, college of Oriental Medicine, Taejon University, Taejon, Korea. The patient were practiced with tu-ja acupuncture treatment. The results were obtainted as follows.
1. Low back pain with sciatica belong to the category of arthralgia-syndrome in Oriental Medicine.
2. The main symptoms of Hemiated Intervertebral Disc were low back pain and sciatica.
3. According to the distribution of the grade of the clinical symptoms, the GRADE IV was 50% the most, the GRADE Ⅱ was 33.3% the second, the GRADE Ⅲ was 16.7% the next.
4. According to the type of low back pain with sciatica, the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot-Shao yang was 3 cases the most, the intermediate type of the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot-Shao yang and the Urinary Bladder Channel of Foot-Tai yang was 2 cases the second, the Urinary Bladder Channel of Foot-Tai yang 1 case the next.
5. According to the total treatment results ; the good results was 3 cases(50%), the fair results was 2 cases(33.3%), the poor results was 1 case(16.7%) and the rate of improvement was 83.3%.
6. The day for improvement of sciatica after tu-ja acupuncture treatment ; case 1 was 10th day after admission treatment, case 2 was 18th day, case 3 was 16th day, case 4 was 23th day, case 5 was 12th day, case 6 was 14th day and the average was 13.7th day.