Smoking cessation programmes using traditional medicine in Korea

Abstract

BackgroundThere are growing interests in using various methods including traditional and complementary medicines (T&CM) for tobacco control. The study aimed to introduce how traditional Korean medicine (TKM) applied to smoking cessation programmes in Korea and to show the detail information of each programme for designing other smoke cessation programmes.MethodsReports of the smoke cessation programmes in Korea were searched on March 10th, 2016, from the webpages of the related agencies and the databases: the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Korea Health Foundation, the Association of Korean Medicine, PubMed, Google scholar, the RISS, the KISS, the NDSL, and the OASIS. Smoking cessation programmes, projects, or services using traditional Korean medicine (TKM) were included with no language, implementation site, and year restrictions.ResultsThe three smoking cessation programmes using TKM in South Korea were the public health centre smoking cessation programme (PHC-SCP), the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family smoking cessation programme (MOGEF-SCP), and the National Health Insurance Service smoking cessation treatment project (NHIS-SCP). All programmes included ear acupuncture and counselling. Manual acupuncture was only used in the NHIS-SCP. The MOGEF-SCP and the NHIS-SCP used herbal medicines selectively. The PHC-SCP and MOGEF-SCP provided education programme and other tools such as non-smoking doll, self-writing handbook. They were run at no cost for participants. Treatment period were different for each programmes, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 to 12 weeks, respectively. Treatment frequency was twice a week for PHC-SCP and MOGEF-SCP, and dependent on each clinic for NHIS-SCP.ConclusionsThis study showed the summaries of the smoking cessation programme that used TKM. The three programmes and the detail information will be a reference for other countries that are going to apply T&CM to their smoking cessation programme. Though TKM integrated smoking cessation programmes had been contributed to stop smoking, persistent efforts are needed to develop more effective and various treatments. In addition, this study suggests that consistent support and systematic reporting system are needed to be successful in non-smoking strategy.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12906-016-1462-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Effectiveness of auricular acupuncture combined with nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation

“…Using a combination of first-line agents seemed more effective in previous studies, but they also showed more side effects 12,22 . Auricular acupuncture is widely used and well known as a safe alternative intervention for smoking cessation in Korea 23 . In this study, we found that the combination therapy of NRT and auricular acupuncture treatment enhances the abstinence rate significantly compared to NRT alone, without causing any serious adverse events.…”

“…In order for the accumulated data to be credible in the future, the standardization of the auricular acupuncture treatment is essential. We followed the guideline presented by the Association of Korean Medicine 19 , which makes up the core of the smoking cessation programs widely used in Korea 23 . The auricular acupuncture treatment also has an effect for one week, as it stays on the attached site compared to body acupuncture, and this increases the compliance of the smokers.…”

Complementary and Alternative Medicine/Therapy for Tobacco Cessation in India: A Secondary Analysis of GATS-1 and 2

“…[ 22 ] Korea, on the other hand has explored the use of various techniques for smoking cessation treatment such as traditional Korean medicine (TKM), ear and manual acupuncture, herbal medicines, non-smoking doll and self-writing handbook under the umbrella of traditional and complementary medicines (T and CM) and incorporated it within their national health system. [ 23 ] While the national survey data from India (GATS-1 and -2) reveals a sizeable proportion of tobacco users who try methods other than the conventional methods, categorizing them under “traditional medicines,” for example, Ayurvedic, Homeopathic, Unani. [ 2 24 ]…”

Malay Camphor In Arabic Text And Its Latest Trend Of Research

“…The former attains a comparative study between two independent medical systems; TM and TCM, being among the scope is the using of imported varieties which includes Malay camphor (Zhao et al, 2019). Meanwhile, the latter highlights the role of TKM in smoking cessation programme with brief information about the same role of TCM in China (Jang et al, 2016). Other than TCM attributing are 3 papers, being the first is from Malaysia points to the usage of camphor commonly in traditional medicines, precisely in the preparation of toothpastes, powders, diaphoretics and antiseptics, and for the treatment of hysteria, and dysmenorrheal (Tieng et al, 2019).…”