敷臍療法의 연구 : 소아설사를 중심으로 = Study on the Plastering Umbilicus Therapy

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Human body is the organic holistic system, so its outer and inner parts are connected through meridian system which penetrates into five Zang organs and six Fu organs. Plastering therapy works on the superficial layer, so the medicine penetrates into the body. When it is absorbed, its stimulus is transmitted to Zangfu. Qi and blood circulation goes well, so it cures the disease. Of the plastering therapies, the plastering umbilicus therapy (which daubs the ointment on and near the umbilicus) is the way which makes use of the best point that absorbs the ointment easily, and this therapy has been used from the old days. These conclusions put together, the plastering therapy and internal therapy are used with the same principle. I think that the plastering umbilicus therapy, one of the plastering therapy, has been used for the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the umbilicus with the cost advantage. This therapy is effective for children's diarrhea. And it can be used wide for the disease with difficulty in internal use, and for the children who cannot take in internal medicine.