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A Review of Bee Venom Acupuncture for Spinal Diseases in the Journal of Korean Medicine

  • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
  • Abbr : JKMR
  • 2019, 29(3), pp.1-13
  • DOI : 10.18325/jkmr.2019.29.3.1
  • Publisher : The Korean Academy Of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine
  • Received : June 10, 2019
  • Accepted : July 4, 2019
  • Published : July 31, 2019

Yujin Lee 1 Jee-yeong Won 1 Suhyun Nam 1 Chang-wan Kim 2 Gyeong-Ryung Jeon 3 Junho Cho 4

1동수원한방병원 한방재활의학과
2동수원한방병원 침구의학과
3동수원한방병원 한방내과,
4동수원 한방병원 한방내과

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ABSTRACT

Objectives This review aims to analyze the current research trend in the usage of bee venom (BV) acupuncture for spinal diseases. Methods We collected 80 articles on BV acupuncture clinical study for spinal diseases by searching Korean web databases ‘Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation’, ‘Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System’, ‘Korean Traditional Knowledge Portal’ from 1999 to 2018. Results We summarized the most frequent clinical treatment methods of BV acupuncture. 1. Herniated intervertebral disc was treated for 40% and the treated spinal diseases were various. 2. ‘1:10,000’ in the type of BV was chosen for 21%. 3. 29% of studies used 6-7 acupoints per session and 23% of studies used ‘BL’ as the injection site. 3. The highest volume of injected BV into each acupoint was 0.1 cc for 34% and the highest total volume of injected BV was 1.0 cc for 39%. Conclusions We found the limited evidence on the lack of consensus and detailed description in the reported experimental design. The results in this review suggest that future works should focus on more consistent and systematic study for the reproducible and standardized treatment methods. (J Korean Med Rehabil 2019;29(3):1-13)

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