Hwa-Byung Treated by Using Ascending Kidney Water and Descending Heart Fire Pharmacopuncture: Three Case Studies

Abstract

Objectives: We report the results of three case studies on the clinical effect of ascending kidney water and descending heart fire (AKDH) pharmacopuncture on patients with Hwa-Byung. Methods: This study involved three patients, all female, who had been admitted to a hospital of traditional Korean medicine and had been diagnosed as having Hwa-Byung by using the Hwa-Byung Structure Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. AKDH pharmacopuncture is administered by injecting pharmacopuncture at a specific acupoint to change from a state of water-fire disharmony to one of water-fire harmony. For our three patients, Hwangyeonhaedoktang (黃連解毒湯) pharmacopuncture was injected at GB21 and GB20 on both sides; a total of 0.4 cc was injected, with 0.1 cc being injected at each point. Fel ursi, Bezora bovis and moschus (BUM) pharmacopuncture was injected at CV17, CV12, and CV6; a total of 0.15 cc was injected, with 0.05 cc being injected at each point. Treatment was done daily. Progress was

Keywords

• ascending kidney water and descending heart fire
• Hwa-Byung
• HBDIS
• Korean medicine
• pharmacopuncture