저자(著者)는 사암침(舍岩鍼)을 응용한 수두증(水頭症) 환자(患者) 치료(治療) 2례(例)를 통한 임상적 고찰을 통한 결과 다음과 같이 요약(要約)할 수 있다. 1. 수두증(水頭症)이란 다양한 원인들에 의해서 뇌척수액(腦脊髓液)(cerebrospinal fluid; CSF)의 생성(生成)과 흡수(吸收)에 장애가 생겨 뇌척수액(腦脊髓液)이 뇌실(腦室)이나 두개강내(頭蓋腔內)에 축적되어 발생하는 질병이다. 2. 본 예(例)에서는 뇌경색과 병발(竝發)한 점진적(漸進的)인 정상뇌압수두증(正常腦壓水頭症) 환자(患者)에게는 담정격(膽正格), 신정격(腎正格)을 사용하였으며, 지주막하출혈 후(後) 병발(竝發)한 정상뇌압수두증(正常腦壓水頭症) 환자(患者)에게는 비정격(脾正格), 신정격(賢正格)을 사용하였다. 3. 전자(前者)의 예(例)에서는 별다른 호전(好轉) 양상(樣相)을 경험(經驗)하지 못한 반면, 후자(後者)의 예(例)에서는 치료(治療) 2주(週)만에 양호(良好)한 임상적(臨床的) 호전(好轉)을 보였다. 4. 수두증(水頭症)의 치료(治療)에 있어서 사암침(舍岩鍼)을 포함한 더 다양(多樣)한 한방적(韓方的) 임상연구(臨床硏究)를 기대(期待)하는 바이다.
Objective : This study was designed to investigate the effect of the Sa-Am Acupuncture treatment on two patients suffering from Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus(NPH). Methods : We selected the two patients who were admitted with NPH. The patients were women with complaints of gait disturbance, dementia, incontinence, hemiparesis and dysarthria, after occurring of cerebral infarction or SAH. We treated the two patients by Sa-Am Acupuncture treatment method and herbal medication. One patient was treated during 64 days, the other was treated during 14 days. Results & conclusions : The Sa-Am Acupuncture treatment was effective on one pateint, not the other. After treatment through oriental medicine, including Sa-Am Acupuncture treatment method, one patient was improved but the other was not changed. Therefore, this application of oriental medicine and Sa-Am Acupuncture treatment are reported with a plea for further investigation.
