"The Mystery of Acupuncture" Proven Scientific

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OCTOBER 12, 2004 23:10
by Sang Hoon Kim (corekim@...)


In Chinese medicine, when one side of a person's arm and leg become
paralyzed by stroke, doctors apply acupuncture. Modern medicine,
however, deny the effect of acupuncture.

A scientific research, which capsized this theory, has been
introduced by Korean researchers for the first time in the world.


The content of the joint research made by Jun Shin-soo, a doctor and
professor of neurosurgery at the medical school of Catholic
University, and Park Sang-dong, the director of Dong-seo Chinese
Medicine Hospital, will be posted in the most prestigious journal of
Oriental Medicine, the "America Journal of Chinese Medicine."


Paralysis Can be Solved by Acupuncture—


In the perspective of modern medicine, hands and feet move according
to orders made by the cortex in the brain. On the contrary, giving
stimuli to hands and feet do not activate the cortex in the brain.
However, in this research, it was confirmed that precise stimulus to
these parts can activate it.


From February 2001 to December 2003, the research team divided 20
people into two groups, and to the patients in the A group,
researchers applied acupuncture to the Yang-lung-chun meridian of
the acupuncture, where treatment is effective against paralysis of
the brain; and to the B group, they applied acupuncture around the
Yang-lung-chun meridian and took pictures of the brain using the f-
MRI(magnetic resonance imaging).


As a result, the cortex of the brain in patients of the A group were
activated while those of the B group showed no change. Director Park
explained, "A precise stimulus given to Yang-lung-chun follows
through the blood vessels to the brain and activates it, thereby
relieving paralysis."


Chinese Medicine Hoisted a Sail to be a Science—


Although meridian pathways were found in animal experiments, it is
the first time that such meridian pathways and points actually exist
in humans. Moreover, through this research, the content of Dong-eui
Bogam (a medical book written during the Joseon Dynasty), stating
that acupuncture should be applied to the arm and leg opposite in
those paralyzed was proven scientifically correct.


According to the results, applying acupuncture to Yang-lung-chun of
the left leg activates the cortex of the left brain. Scientifically,
the left brain commands the right side of a body. Thus, activating
the left brain enhances the capacity of the right side of a human
body. In other words, the acupuncture treatment up to now, which
applies acupuncture to the opposite side of the paralyzed body, now
possesses scientific foundation.