Effect of the BUDDEUMI Therapy on the Relief of Premenstrual Syndrome and Dysmenorrhea in Female College Students

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study is to determine the effects of BUDDEUMI(moxibustionand cupping a boli) therapy on the relief of premenstrual syndrome and dysmenorrhea in female college students. A total of 48 female college students in a university are selected: 24 in the experimental group and 24 in the control group. All of the subjects have the score of more than 6 on the visual analogue scale for measuring the level of premenstrual pain. The data was collected by using questionnaires. The BUDDEUMI(moxibustion and cupping a boli) therapy on the KWAN-WON & KI-HAE in abdomen was administered to the experimental group, and no treatment was given to the control group. The results are as follow: 1. The homogeneity testing revealed that all study variables are equally distributed between experimental and control groups. 2. The hypothesis, 'the experimental group who received BUDDEUMI(moxibustion and cupping a boli) therapy will decrease premenstrual syndrome', is supported. The hypothesis, 'the experimental group who received BUDDEUMI (moxibustion and cupping a boli) therapy will decrease dysmenorrhea', is supported. As a result of this study, BUDDEUMI(moxibustion and cupping a boli) therapy will be able to be used as the self care therapy to improvethe symptoms of female who has the premenstrual syndrome and dysmenorrhea.

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