침구 치료와 활락탕 투여가 급성요통 및 간기능에 미치는 영향에 관한 임상적 고찰 = A Clinical Study of the Effects of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Whuallak-tang(Huoluo-tang, 활락탕) on Acute Back Pain and Liver Function

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of acupuncture, moxibustion and whuallak-tang on acute back pain and liver function.
Methods : We investigated 34 acute back pain patients. We treated them with acupuncture, moxibustion and bed rest, herbal medicine (Whuallak-tang, Huoluo-tang, 活絡湯) and physical therapy and we observed clinical effects and checked the changes of AST,ALT,ALP on admission and ]week later.
Results : The result obtained is as follows. The patients were 58.8% male and 41.2% female ranging in age from 29 to 76 years. after treatment, of the 34 cases, 10(29.4%) were obtained excellent results and 23(67.7%) were good, and 1(2.9%) case was obtained fair result, with the total effective rate being 97.1%. AST,ALT,ALP was within normal range on admission and ]week later. and AST and ALP were decreased but had no statically significance.(P>0.05)
Conclusion : This study suggests that acupuncture, moxibustion and Whuallak-tang are effective on acute back pain and should not induce hepatotoxicity. even though there are few toxic herbs in Oriental medicine, acupuncture and general herbal medication by a oriental doctor should not injure liver function of human.