Comparison between C.M.R.T. and acupuncture in the treatment of liver dysfunction

간 기능 이상 치료에 대한 C.M.R.T. 치료 부위(T8 횡돌기)와 경혈과의 비교

  • Sim Young (Dept. of AM-Meridian & Pointology, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University) ;
  • Lee Jun-Moo (Dept. of AM-Meridian & Pointology, College of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University)
  • 심영 (상지대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 이준무 (상지대학교 한의과대학 경혈학교실)
  • Published : 2002.06.27

Abstract

Chiropractic is very similar to Oriental Medicine in philosophy on the cause of diseases and in utilization of spinal articulations for diagnosis and treatment. In this paper the spinal area used to treat liver dysfunction in S.O.T. technique, one of chiropractic techniques, was compared to the acupncture points used to cure the same conditions. Because both Oriental medicine and Chiropractic are dealing with autonomic nervous system in regulating abnormal conditions, also the innervation of spinal nerves to those areas was checked. The spinal area that S.O.T. technique utilizes to correct liver dysfunction is transverse processes of T8, which corresponds to B16. Acupncture points from this level down to T12/L1, which are B16, B17, B18, B19, B20, B21, B45, B46, B47, B48, B49, B50, GV6, GV7, GV8 and GV9, all have been applied to control liver function. Apparent discrepency exists in therapeutic areas for liver malfunction between the two natural healing arts. According to the neurology texts, liver is innervated by sympathetic fibers from the 7th-10th thoracic segments and by parasympathetic fibers from vagus nerve. Sympathetic afferent nerves from the liver reach the 7th-12th thoracic spinal cord segments. It can be said all the 7th-12th thoracic spinal cord segments are related to liver function. Therefore the areas used for liver dysfunction in both natural medicine are appropriately selected. However, B16, the Oriental medical equivalent of the main spinal area which is used for lowered liver function in C.M.R.T. Technique, is not utilized as frequent as in Oriental medicine.

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