The use of herbs for medical benefit has played an important role in nearly every culture on earth. Herbal medicine was practiced by ancient cultures in Asia. Herbal drugs should be processed before using or making into various forms. We study on the formulae and administration of herbal drugs used for stroke in the Poong(風) section of DongYiBoGam(東醫寶鑑) and the conclusion is said that;. Besides decoction of herbal drug, there are pill, powder, soft extract, powder to be taken after infused in warm boiled-water or liquor. The most commom way to take a medicine is a decoction boiled with the water(pills comes next, powder follows it), and bamboo juice or ginger juice was usually added when it needs. Pills are mostly taken with honey and being done with flour comes as the 2nd common way. In 11 cases, pills are wrapped by cinnabar or gold foil(sometimes both come together). Pills and powder are commonly taken with the warm water or herb(most of them are ginger juice or warm liquor). Warm liqour is the most common material taken with the powder but warm water or ginger juice is used, too. In chui-che(取嚔) method, powder is simply used. Their characteristics and administrations are shown in detail in Pharmacology of Traditional Korean Medical Formulae. It is neccessary to research and develope various administrations of drug in order to take the best effects on oriental(Koran traditional) medicine.

This study is on the concept of contralateral needling through considering some document. Contralateral needling is the way of selecting points located opposite side of the diseased area(puncturing the left to treat the right in body). Its aim is to regulatethe qi and Blood and make run down the merdian well. So it can be used to treat the pain with blocking of qi and the motor paralysis. There is the principle that the injury part is weak while the opposite healthy part is strong. So if we take the acupuncture in healthy part-opposite side of lesion, it would be effective because of invigoration motor functional disorder with reduction of excess. It is indicated that contralateral needling is superior to non-contralateral needling in elevating care rates and improving the blood circulation of brain lesion. In brief, contralateral needling is effective to treat motor paralysis in stroke and it takes an important role to promote the blood flow of brain, specially acute stage in stroke.

The conclusions of this study are based on the analysis of clinical observations and treatments of twenty two patients who have received acupucture treatment, physical therapy and herbal medication in the Wonkwang Oriental Hospital from 8st march 2000yr to 11nd Jauary 2001yr. The results were analyzed as follows : Background and Purpose : To evaluate the effect of treatment for cervical pain by using acupucture treatment, physical therapy and herbal medication. Object and Methods : Evaluated the result of oriental medical treatment with cervical pain at Ik-San Oriental medical hospital in affiliation with wonkwang university. Results : 1. In the distribution of treatment periods, the most frequent cases were "one to two week" with 8cases (36.36%). 2. In the analysis of the radiation result, HIVD and Degenerative change respectively were 9 cases (21.96.8%). 3. The effect of treatment by ses & age was as follows : "Exellent" was the most number of 40&50 generation and "Good", "Improved" was the most number of 30&60 generation. 4. The effect of treatment by duration was as follows : 1-2week was the most improved highly. 5. In the distribution of treatment progression : 9cases (40.90%) were "good". 7cases (31.82%) were "excellent". 6cases (27.27%) were "fair". Conclusions : These results shows that the effect of treatment by acupucture treatment, physical therapy and herbal medication is exellent by relaxing contracted muscles, strengthening weakened ligaments and improving inflammatory parts.

Object : This study is designed to evaluate the clinical therapy of acupuncture by the data of DITI(Digital Infrared Thermographic Imaging) and FNT(Facial Nerve stimulation Test) examination and the changes of clinical symptoms after the therapy of acupuncture in the patients with Bell's palsy. Contents : The conservative therapy with acupuncture was performed during 1-8weeks. The acupuncture points of S4, S6, G14, S2, BL2, SI18, TE23, LI4 and S36 were used. In the pre- and post therapy, DITI examinations was performed in patients who had Bell's palsy and were treated by acupuncture, and then tried to correlate the results of clinical symptoms with the difference of thermographic findings. And FNT examinations were performed in the same patients above, and then tried to correlate the results of clinical symptoms with the difference of nerve response findings. Setting : The standard routine thermographic examination with thermography (DITI) and nerve response with FNT(Facial Nerve Stimulation Test) were performed in the 16 patients with Bell's palsy at pre- and post acupuncture. Patients : Thermographic imaging of 16cases was analyzed. They had diagnosed Bell's palsy. They were treated by acupuncture and moxibustion therapy in Wonkwang Oriental Hospital from Jauary, 1999 to February, 2000. Results : 1) The results of treatment showes that 56.25% of patients achieved clinical excellent recovery and 31.25% achieved good recovery. After compairing the DITI results before and after treatment, we found 43.75% of patients achieved excellent recovery and 43.75% achieved good recovery. 2) After compairing the FNT results before and after treatment, we found 25% of patients achieved excellent recovery and 56.25% achieved good recovery. Conclusion : 1) Acupuncture showed good results over 87.5% in clinical evaluation and 87.5% in DITI. Thermographic examination showes terapeutic effect of acupuncture treatment. 2) Acupuncture showed good results over 87.5% in clinical evaluation and 81.25% in FNT. FNT showes nerve response recovery effect of acupuncture treatment.

Acetylcholinesterase(AChE) is an enzyme which hydrolyses acetylcholine into choline and acetate. Glucose and Adenosine-5'-Triphosphate(ATP) are the primary energy source for the brain and therefore defects in glucose metabolism and the mitochondrial system can affect cognitive function. The fact that the level of acetylcholine(ACh), neurotransmitter, glucose and ATP, are found to be decreased in the brain of Alzheimer patients has lead us to focus on the inhibition of AChE for the developmental research of the Alzheimer's disease(AD) treatment. In this paper we describe the effects of herbal medicine 9908(滌痰化瘀湯加減) in vitro and in vivo. As herb 9908 concentraion increased, the Vmax values of AChE from Electric eel were decreased, which showed that the activity of AChE in vitro was decreased. Also herb 9908 inhibit AChE activity in vivo. When herb 9908 was orally administrated to rats, amount of glucose and ATP which are energy source in metabolism, increase in brain and blood of rats. These result are also interesting in their effects for AD treatment compare with comercial drugs such as Cognex and Aricept. Furthermore, when considering the toxic problems of the Cognex and the Aricept, these oriental medicines could be very valuable medicine for treatment of AD. Abbreviation AD: Alzhemer's disease, AChE: acetylcholinesterase, ACh: acetylcholine, ATCh: acetylthiocholine, DTNB: 5,5‘-dithio-bis-2-nitrobenzoate, ATP: Adenosine-5'-triphosphate GAPD: Glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase PGK : phosphoglycerate phosphokinase

Taking good care of the new born babies - from birth to 1st month - is very important and not able to neglected because it can has big effects on the health of rest of their lives. Traditional oriental medicine has a method using detoxicant to wipe out infant oral cavity. So, It must be helpful for baby's health if we use that kinds of drugs nowadays. In procedure of cutting off an umbilical cord, environment of the operating should be kept warm and tools are sterilized to prevent coldness invasion and infection through the cord. and even though the cutting done later, the cord should maintained always clean and warm until it perfectly cut away. The best time of first bath for the new born babies is after 24hours when infant vernix is naturally dried. Warm air and proper water temperature is recommended for bath. Too frequent baths are not recommended. A mother should be in state of relax and comfortable during feeding, and the maternal milk should be in proper temperature and proper quantity. When clothing the new born babies, it is important control body temperature. So it's better clothing them lightly, and protect the new born babies from intense cold and hot, and going out with them outside often for sunbathe when weather is sunny and nice. Development of the brain of the the new born babies is not completed, so keep away from strange things or person can scare babies. According to stated, taking care of the new born babies well, gives them healthy for whole life. So it won't be negligent, and I think all parents want to have babies should learn about new born babies enough.

Many publications of pointology have been conflicted to define fixed positions of acu-points. These underlying cause results from the historical fact that most of acu-points and meridian systems began at anonymous experiences of many generations. However, if we would believe that the acupoints and meridian systems exit clearly in all of the organism, there were exit the fixed position of acupoints. In this study, we performed bibliographically the investigation fixing the position of CV16. From the investigation, although supported that it exit 1.6 chon (寸) below CV17 in human being, we suggest that CV16 exit below the sternum met with the 7th rib, or the joined point between the sternum and the xiphoid process.

There are exits bibliographically interrelations among Meridian-Qi, electricity and magnetism. However, it is difficult to provide one dimensional reductionism such a thought that nervous system is meridian system and their function is involved directly to Meridian-Qi, because many unkwon factors are conducted to the function of organism. Furthermore, it's in need of a detail study to understand the characteristics of common feature and difference among Meridian-Qi, electricity and magnetism in the organism.

PangYak-Happyon(方藥合編) is probably the most widely circulated and highly valued as an indispensable manual of medical prescriptions among the practising Korean herb-doctors since its first publication in 1884. The book was compiled by a man named Hwang Toyon(黃度淵, 1807～1884), who established himself in the nations capital, Seoul, as a practioner in Oriental Medicine for many years and later became very famous for his competence as a doctor. He is known to have served even as the chief attending physician on the reigning monarch, King Kojong. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the structure or composition of the book and evaluate the reliability and effective value as a manual in the medical field. The paper also dealt with the significant role the book has been playing in Korean medical field, even into present day. One of the conclusions the author reached through this study is that the book is so well organized in many ways to serve as the most useful guidance for the doctors, and some of the concrete aspects of the organization is examined in detail in this paper.

Purpose : The prescriptions of Dongyisoosebowon (東醫壽世保元) are so different to those of existing Korean medicine(韓醫學). Because Lee Jema (李濟馬, 1837-1900, the author of Dongyisoosebowon) has classified herbal medicines(本草) by the four Sasang constitutions(四象體質). But he has not explained his method in detail. Therefore we make a plan to analyze the herbal medicine of the Dongyisoosebowon prescription by Sung․M i․Guikyung(性․味․歸經), the essential elements of the herbal medicines, to get a idea how Lee Jema has classified the herbal medicines by four Sasang constitutions. Methods : The herbal medicines are chosen from Dongmuyugo(東武遺藁) and Dongyisoosebowon. And they are rearranged by Sung․Mi․Guikyung from Shinnongbonchokyung(神農本草經), Tangaekboncho(湯液本草) Dongyibogam(東醫寶鑑) and Imsangbonchohak(臨床本草學, Clinical Herbology). Result : The herbal medicines classified by Lee Jema have a characteristic trend by their Sung․Mi․Guikyung. In the herbal medicines of Soumin (少陰人), 81.8% of them is characterised in Warm and hot medicine (溫熱藥材) and 68.2% has its action to Bi(脾). In those of Soyangin, 75% of them is characterised in Cool and cold medicine (寒凉藥材) and 60% to Sin(腎), 25.7% to Bangkwnag(膀胱). In those of Taeumin, 63% of them is characterised in Warm and hot medicine, 47.8% in Cool and cold medicine. In all of their classifications, the result of Yakmi(藥味, taste of herbal medicine) analysis is not characteristic. Conclusion : The herbal medicines classified by Lee Jema have a characteristic trend by their Sung․Guikyung.