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Analytical Study on Medical Leech in the Last 10 Years: A Suggestion of Practical Use on Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

  • Journal of Korean Medicine for Obesity Research
  • Abbr : J Korean Med Obes Res
  • 2014, 14(1), pp.1-12
  • DOI : 10.15429/jkomor.2014.14.1.1
  • Publisher : The Society of Korean Medicine for Obesity Research
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine
  • Published : June 30, 2014

이진원 1 박원형 1 Cha Yun Yeop 1 SONG YUN KYUNG 2

1상지대학교
2가천대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyse research trends about medical leech in the last10 years. Methods: We searched the papers with key words of ‘medical leech’, ‘水蛭’ in China KnowledgeResource Integrated Database (CNKI), Korean traditional knowledge portal, DBPIA, KISS. Weclassified the papers by year and content. Results: 1. Result of the classification on the basis of the research methods, 50 studies are clinicalcase reports, 301 studies are experimental paper, 599 studies are clinical trial study, 219 studiesare literature review. 2. Result of the classification on the basis of the research topics, 454 studiesare the effect of anticoagulant research, 84 studies are diabetes and renal disease research, 194studies are pharmacological properties research, and 43 studies are effect of allergic andanti-inflammatory research. 3. The proportion of the coagulation effect study tends to decreaseevery year since 2006. 4. Leech research tends to decrease in last 3 years. 5. Recently, there aremany research in psychiatry, orthopedic diseases and beauty. 6. There are 10 studies related toleech in Korean. Conclusions: The researches of medical leech are actively done. The diversity of subjects isgetting wider and richer.

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