ABSTRACT
Abstract : The sickness rates of lumbar herniated disc and symptoms of waist padding rupture, such as spinal cord compression, arterial vessel compression and spinal marrow compression are very high among population. However, it is not easy to diagnose. This study investigated the possibility to diagnose these sicknesses using an oriental cupping method. In this study we applied several methods such as cupping method, questionnaires, characterization method, and applied a comparative treatment study method of Japanese Orthopaedic Association (back pain evaluation questionnaire) JOA, and driven blood from patients by cupping method was compared with an end blood test results from patients. The comparative study of blood driven by cupping method and the end vessel blood showed that mobility of blood was high and leucocyte and lymphocyte cells were high compared to end vessel blood. The erythrocytes, thrombocytes, hemoglobin and hematocrit were lower in blood driven by cupping method. The treatment results showed that from all patients 62.5% were improved, 31.7% noticeably improved, 0.00% was healed and 6.8% were no result. BACKGROUND: The sickness rates of lumbar herniated disc and symptoms of waist padding rupture, such as spinal cord compression, arterial vessel compression and spinal marrow compression are very high among population. However, it is not easy to diagnose. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Current study was performed in the Department of Oriental Medicine at Central Clinic, Laboratory of Central Clinic. In this study we applied several methods such as cupping method, questionnaires, characterization method, and applied a comparative treatment study method of JOA in 53 patients those have and driven blood from patients by cupping method was compared with an end blood test results from patients. Blood driven from cupping method from 17 patients were compared with end blood test result. CONCLUSIONS: 1. The difference in blood sample which driven by cupping method from end blood was high in leucocytes, lymphocytes. The hemoglobin, hematocrit, trombocytes and red cell number were low in most samples. 2. We concluded that the illness have began due to the damage of vessel, microcirculation, and which resulted in aggravation of nerve vein, numbness in leg, become hot and gross in legs. The study showed that it is efficient to use cupping method which heal these symptomps in eary stage of illness withdrawing the blood. Keywords: Oriental medicine, lumbar herniated disc , cupping, bad blood, serum