Lumbar and Cervical Pain Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Evaluation of the Effectiveness of CAM Treatments for Lumbar and Cervical Spine Pain Patients Due to Spinal Disease : Prospective, Observational Study
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of CAM treatments consisting of herbal medicine, Chuna manual therapy, pharmacoacupuncture, acupuncture on lumbar and cervical spine pain patients due to spinal disease.
"The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of CAM treatments on lumbar and
cervical spine pain patients due to spinal disease.
After subjects selected by screening, who receive CAM treatments 1-2times a week for more
than 2 months and F/U at 1st, 2nd, 3rd month by meeting and F/U at 6nd, 12nd month by
calling.
The CAM treatments used in this study consists of 120ml of Chuna herbal medicine(Ostericum
koreanum, Eucommia ulmoides, Acanthopanax Sessiliflorus, Achyranthes bidentata, Psoralea
corylifolia, Peucedanum japonicum, Cibotium barometz, Lycium chinense, Boschniakia rossica,
and Cuscuta chinensis) and dried extracts in pill form(Cibotium barometz, Atractylodes
japonica) taken twice a day 30 minutes after meals, Chuna manual therapy, intermuscular
injections of bee-venom pharmacoacupuncture(Select 6 acupoints, concentration 10,000:1, 0.1
cc per acupoint, total amount injected 1.0 cc/session), acupuncture and allow for NSAID
intake during the investigational period. The subject is allowed a maximum of 3 pills/day,
taken at a minimum of 8 hrs apart. The number of pills taken will be measured at 4 wks after
conclusion of treatment."
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