A Study on Parkinson’s Disease in Korean Medicine
: Focused on Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑)
Suh, Junho
Dept. of Science in Korean Medicine,
Graduate School of Kyung Hee University
Advised by Prof. Jeong, Changhyun
Objectives :
The purpose of this study is to clarify what...
A Study on Parkinson’s Disease in Korean Medicine
: Focused on Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑)
Suh, Junho
Dept. of Science in Korean Medicine,
Graduate School of Kyung Hee University
Advised by Prof. Jeong, Changhyun
Objectives :
The purpose of this study is to clarify what aspects of Donguibogam diagnoses and treats Parkinson’s disease, which is not reliably treated in Western medicine.
Ultimately, I would like to help you understand how various symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are treated according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam.
Methods :
In this study, by examining Donguibogam, various traditional Chinese medicine classics, and related materials, I explored Donguibogam’s understanding of Parkinson’s disease and organized treatments according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam.
Based on this, I considered cases in which patients with Parkinson’s patients were treated according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam.
Results :
First, Korean medicine studies have described Parkinson’s disease as mostly wind syndrome. However, after examining various traditional Chinese medicine classics, including the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon(黃帝內經), I found that Parkinson’s disease can be characterized not only by wind syndrome but also by blockage syndrome and atrophy syndrome.
Second, while many traditional Chinese medicine classics are composed mainly of disease itself, Donguibogam is organized of important organic relationships between components in the body. This view is called the constitutional theory of Donguibogam.
Third, when treating according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam, various types of prescriptions were used to different kinds of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Even with the same symptoms, the actual cause of onset varies depending on the body constitution as said Ju, Dan-Gye(朱丹溪), an eminent physician who lived in the end of the Won dynasty.
Fourth, one patient was not limited to a single prescription continuously under the treatment of the constitutional theory of Donguibogam. Symptoms that patients complain about continued to change for at least three months to more than a year. Therefore, I changed the prescription continuously as the symptoms changed and gradually it helped to cure the patients.
Fifth, I tried to treat with more focuses on non-motor symptoms than motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease using the treatment of the constitutional theory of Donguibogam. Non-motor symptoms such as constipation, urinary frequency, hyperhidrosis, and sleep disorders are closely related to the life principles of the human body. As a result, I was able to confirm that with the improvement of non-motor symptoms, motor symptoms were also disappeared.
Sixth, when treated according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam, the patients in earlier Parkinson’s disease stage who had not used dopamine supplementation treatment were found to be more effective in treatment. Also, patients in the three premonitory symptoms with constipation, sleep disorder and olfactory problems were treated quickly. Perhaps dopamine supplementation treatment is doubtful to interfere with the treatment effect of Korean medicine prescriptions.
Seventh, most Parkinson’s disease patients often have problematic lifestyle habits. Typically, as in ‘nine out of ten illness is due to phlegm and fluid retention’, many diseases are caused by phlegm and fluid retention. Excessive water or cold food intake leads to the retention of phlegm and fluid. Because of those kinds of problematic lifestyle habits, even young people can develop Parkinson’s disease.
Conclusions :
The incidence rate of Parkinson’s disease, one of the three degenerative brain diseases, is on the rise in Korea now due to rapid aging and problematic lifestyle habits. A solution to this is badly needed.
In western medicine, neither the cause nor the onset of Parkinson’s disease is clear and it is diagnosed by mainly relying on symptoms, rather than laboratory tests or imaging diagnosis. The most common treatment is dopamine supplementation. Levodopa treatment, which is mostly used, is not a complete cure but can only be used for symptom relief, and it is not suitable for all Parkinson’s disease patients, and it can cause serious side effects, such as hallucinations, if used for a long time.
On the other hand, many traditional Chinese medicine classics including the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon already suggested foundation regarding the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Also Donguibogam contains a theory of body constitution, which could be used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Therefore, with that, I was able to treat Parkinson’s disease patients in the early stages in effective ways. The shorter the duration of dopamine supplementation treatment, the better the treatment effect was. Based on this, I hope to shift the paradigm from Western medicine to Korean medicine based on Donguibogam, in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Keywords :
Parkinson’s disease, Korean medicine, Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑), constitution
A Study on Parkinson’s Disease in Korean Medicine
: Focused on Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑)
Suh, Junho
Dept. of Science in Korean Medicine,
Graduate School of Kyung Hee University
Advised by Prof. Jeong, Changhyun
Objectives :
The purpose of this study is to clarify what aspects of Donguibogam diagnoses and treats Parkinson’s disease, which is not reliably treated in Western medicine.
Ultimately, I would like to help you understand how various symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are treated according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam.
Methods :
In this study, by examining Donguibogam, various traditional Chinese medicine classics, and related materials, I explored Donguibogam’s understanding of Parkinson’s disease and organized treatments according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam.
Based on this, I considered cases in which patients with Parkinson’s patients were treated according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam.
Results :
First, Korean medicine studies have described Parkinson’s disease as mostly wind syndrome. However, after examining various traditional Chinese medicine classics, including the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon(黃帝內經), I found that Parkinson’s disease can be characterized not only by wind syndrome but also by blockage syndrome and atrophy syndrome.
Second, while many traditional Chinese medicine classics are composed mainly of disease itself, Donguibogam is organized of important organic relationships between components in the body. This view is called the constitutional theory of Donguibogam.
Third, when treating according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam, various types of prescriptions were used to different kinds of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Even with the same symptoms, the actual cause of onset varies depending on the body constitution as said Ju, Dan-Gye(朱丹溪), an eminent physician who lived in the end of the Won dynasty.
Fourth, one patient was not limited to a single prescription continuously under the treatment of the constitutional theory of Donguibogam. Symptoms that patients complain about continued to change for at least three months to more than a year. Therefore, I changed the prescription continuously as the symptoms changed and gradually it helped to cure the patients.
Fifth, I tried to treat with more focuses on non-motor symptoms than motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease using the treatment of the constitutional theory of Donguibogam. Non-motor symptoms such as constipation, urinary frequency, hyperhidrosis, and sleep disorders are closely related to the life principles of the human body. As a result, I was able to confirm that with the improvement of non-motor symptoms, motor symptoms were also disappeared.
Sixth, when treated according to the constitutional theory of Donguibogam, the patients in earlier Parkinson’s disease stage who had not used dopamine supplementation treatment were found to be more effective in treatment. Also, patients in the three premonitory symptoms with constipation, sleep disorder and olfactory problems were treated quickly. Perhaps dopamine supplementation treatment is doubtful to interfere with the treatment effect of Korean medicine prescriptions.
Seventh, most Parkinson’s disease patients often have problematic lifestyle habits. Typically, as in ‘nine out of ten illness is due to phlegm and fluid retention’, many diseases are caused by phlegm and fluid retention. Excessive water or cold food intake leads to the retention of phlegm and fluid. Because of those kinds of problematic lifestyle habits, even young people can develop Parkinson’s disease.
Conclusions :
The incidence rate of Parkinson’s disease, one of the three degenerative brain diseases, is on the rise in Korea now due to rapid aging and problematic lifestyle habits. A solution to this is badly needed.
In western medicine, neither the cause nor the onset of Parkinson’s disease is clear and it is diagnosed by mainly relying on symptoms, rather than laboratory tests or imaging diagnosis. The most common treatment is dopamine supplementation. Levodopa treatment, which is mostly used, is not a complete cure but can only be used for symptom relief, and it is not suitable for all Parkinson’s disease patients, and it can cause serious side effects, such as hallucinations, if used for a long time.
On the other hand, many traditional Chinese medicine classics including the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon already suggested foundation regarding the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Also Donguibogam contains a theory of body constitution, which could be used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Therefore, with that, I was able to treat Parkinson’s disease patients in the early stages in effective ways. The shorter the duration of dopamine supplementation treatment, the better the treatment effect was. Based on this, I hope to shift the paradigm from Western medicine to Korean medicine based on Donguibogam, in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Keywords :
Parkinson’s disease, Korean medicine, Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑), constitution
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