Gold thread acupucture has been applied mainly in patients with low back pain, flank pain, medical, neurological and orthopedic problems by herb doctors in Korea, since 1952.
K. U. B. was taken in 1,725 cases among 5,334 patients who visited Urology ...
Gold thread acupucture has been applied mainly in patients with low back pain, flank pain, medical, neurological and orthopedic problems by herb doctors in Korea, since 1952.
K. U. B. was taken in 1,725 cases among 5,334 patients who visited Urology department, Korea University Woo Sok Hospital during the period of 3 years and 7 months from Jan. 1970 to July 1973 and 60 cases were found te have gold threads in their paravertebral region.
The 60 cases were analysed and the following results were obtained.
1. 41 out of 60 cases (63.8%) have been complaining of low back pain and/or flank pain.
2. 17 cases (28.3%) had urinary tract calculi, 14 (23.3%) revealed B. P. H. and 13 (21.7%) had diseases of the bladder.
3. The gold threads were seen through out the level of 7th cervical vertebra to coccygeal vertebra.
4. The number of gold thread implanted in one person varied between one to thirty eight.
5. 27 patients (45.0%), of whom gold thread acupuncture has. been applied previously, received urological operation and instrumentation with good results.