간질성 방광염의 舍巖鍼法 자침 1례

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of Sa-am acupuncture treatment on an interstitial cystitis patient. Methods : A 51 year-old woman who diagnosed as interstitial cystitis, was enrolled in this study. The clinical data was analyzed on a patient with interstitial cystitis due to Shinheo(腎虛). The patient had visited Korean medicine department of Yangsan public health care center, and was treated with a Sa-am acupuncture(Sinjeongkyeok) for 4 weeks. Results : After 4 weeks of Sa-am acupunture treatment(Sinjeongkyeok), improvement was seen in the subsection of the international prostate symptom score and the part of qualiveen questionnaire score. Conclusions : This clinical case indicates that acupuncture treatment is significantly effective in treatment of a interstitial cystitis. KCI Citation Count: 9