Background : Recently a discussion about Qi including a study about the effect or the theory of acupuncture is getting prevailing in various angles. In most of studies about acupuncture stimulus, 'Filiform acupuncture'(毫鍼) is used A study about Nine kinds of acupuncture(九鍼), except 'Filiform acupuncture'(毫鍼) has not been reported yet, and there is no study about using a special acupuncture made for controling Qi either.
Objectives : 'Doug Chu Gold Chim(東樞金鍼)' can be used for patients who are scared of a pain because it is a medical Qi-gong tool and non-invasive stimulus one. To assess a effect of 0 -gong operation using DCG-chim objectively
Methods : The present study was performed to elucidate the e effects of DCG-chim stimulation of an acupuncture point Baihui(GV_20_) on the Electroencephalogram(EEG). Twenty healthy subject were treated with DCG-chim one time accompanied by the light and vertical pressure and EEG were measured during five minutes for three times (before, during and after treatment). The FFG results of DCG-chim treatment were compared with those of Filiform acupuncture(毫鍼)'.
Results : EEG power spectra changed significantly after both kind of acupuncture stimulation. Significant increase of a wave and decrease of β wave were observed but interestingly, Mid-β and SMR of β wave which mean the state of concentration were increased with statistically significant. According to these results, DCG-chim stimulation of Baihui(GV_20_) seems to lead to relaxation with antianxietic effect and improvement of concentration at the same time.
Conclusions : It would be expected that the doctor can apply DCG-chim for treating anxiety, tension, symptom caused by stress and also can use it clinically for patients who have needlphopia or children as a non-invasive procedure. It is suggested that additional studies about the effect of DCG-chim on other acupuncture points and comparison study about the effect of DCG-chim with those of the finger-pressure treatment using other tool should be done in the future.