Lee Bombi, Kim Seung-Nam, Park Hi-Joon, Lee Hyejung
Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
The Graduate School of Basic Science of Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
Integr Med Res. 2014 Jun;3(2):41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2014.03.003. Epub 2014 Apr 1.
Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic intervention that can be traced back at least 2100 years and is emerging worldwide as one of the most widely used therapies in the field of complementary and alternative medicine. Due to limitations associated with Western medicine's focus on the treatment of diseases rather than on their causes, interests are shifting to complementary and alternative medicines. The Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC) was established in 2005 to elucidate the neurophysiological mechanisms of acupuncture for neurological diseases based on multidisciplinary research supported by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology. In the AMSRC, resultant research articles have shown that acupuncture can improve neurological and psychological problems, including Parkinson's disease, pain, and depression, in animal models. Basic research studies suggest its effectiveness in treating various problems such as depression, drug addiction, epilepsy, ischemia, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and pain. We strongly believe that these effects, evident from the AMSRC research results, can play leading roles in the use of acupuncture for treating neurological diseases, based on collaboration among various academic fields such as neurophysiology, molecular genetics, and traditional Korean medicine.
针灸是一种古老的治疗手段，其历史可追溯至至少2100年前，并且在全球范围内正成为补充与替代医学领域中使用最为广泛的疗法之一。由于西医侧重于疾病治疗而非病因探究存在局限性，人们的兴趣正转向补充与替代医学。针灸与经络科学研究中心（AMSRC）于2005年成立，旨在在韩国科学技术部支持的多学科研究基础上，阐明针灸治疗神经疾病的神经生理机制。在AMSRC，相关研究文章表明，在动物模型中针灸可改善神经和心理问题，包括帕金森病、疼痛和抑郁症。基础研究表明其在治疗各种问题如抑郁症、药物成瘾、癫痫、缺血、痴呆、帕金森病和疼痛方面具有有效性。我们坚信，基于神经生理学、分子遗传学和韩国传统医学等各个学术领域之间的合作，AMSRC的研究结果所显示的这些效果能够在针灸治疗神经疾病中发挥主导作用。
