Objectives : This study was designed in order to review clinical studies on recurrent facial palsy treatment through Korean Medicine and Western Medicine.
Methods : We used search engines such as KISS, DBpia, OASIS, RISS, Science ON, et al. We limited cases as recurrent facial palsy without intracranial disease. We excluded statistical papers. We considered papers published only after year 2000.
Results : a total of 9 studies were selected. Various treatments such as acupuncture therapy, herbal medicine, Western medicine, physical therapy, moxibustion therapy and facial exercise were practiced for recurrent facial palsy.
A summary of the most frequently used treatment methods is as follows. The acupuncture points ST4, ST6 and GB14 were used 7 times. The herbal medicine Glycyrrhiza uralensis FISCH was used 8 times. The Western medicine steroid was used 6 times.
Conclusions : All studies were case report. 7 studies observed patients by House-Brackmann grading system. 10 out of 15 patients improved their facial palsy throughout treatment. These studies' results suggest that Korean medicine and Western medicine were effective treatment for recurrent facial palsy.

Objective : The purpose of this study is to investigate the inflammatory-control effects of Cheonghyeol-antidote complex(Lonicera japonica Thunberg, Forsythia viridissima Lindley, and Taraxacum platycarpum H. Dahlstedt complex, CHA) in LPS-induced RAW264.7 cell and mouse inflammation models.
Method : For in vitro and in vivo experiment, Indicators such as cell viability, mRNA expression level(iNOS, IL-6, IL-1β, COX-2, TNF-a), Inflammatory factor production(NO, IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-a), and protein phosphorylation level(ERK, JNK, p38) were analyzed. For in vivo experiment, Indicators such as mRNA expression level(iNOS, IL-6, IL-1β, COX-2, TNF-a), Inflammatory factor production(IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-a), protein phosphorylation level(ERK, JNK, p38) and immune cell(white blood cell, lymphocyte) were analyzed.
Results :
1. In vitro experiment
In cell viability of CHA, CHA showed cell viability below 90% at concentrations of 400 μg / ml or more. In mRNA expression level, IL-6 and IL-1β showed a significant decrease at all concentrations except 25 μg / ml concentration, and iNOS, COX-2, and TNF-a showed a significant decrease at all concentrations of CHA compared to the control group. In inflammatory factor production, NO and TNF-a showed a significant decrease at all concentrations except 25 μg / ml concentration of CHA, and IL-1β showed a significant decrease at 100, 200 μg / ml concentration of CHA compared to the control group. IL-6 showed a significant decrease at all concentration of CHA compared to the control group. In protein phosphorylation level, ERK and p38 showed a significant decrease at all concentrations except 25 μg / ml concentration of CHA and JNK showed a significant decrease at all concentrations of CHA compared to control group.
2. In vivo experiment
In mRNA expression level, iNOS, COX-2 and TNF-a showed a significant decrease in all administration groups of CHA compared to the control group. In Inflammatory factor production, IL-6, IL-1β and TNF-a showed a significant decrease in all the administration groups of CHA. In protein phosphorylation level, ERK, JNK, and p38 showed a significant decrease in all the administration groups of CHA. In the immune cells, leukocytes and lymphocytes showed a significant decrease in all the administration groups of CHA.
Conclusions : This study shows that CHA has antioxidant and inflammatory-control effects on LPS-induced RAW264.7 cells. It is hoped that further research will be conducted on the individual mechanisms of Lonicera japonica Thunberg, Forsythia viridissima Lindley, and Taraxacum platycarpum H. Dahlstedt.

Objectives: The theory of left liver and right lung originated from the passage “the liver starts from the left and the lungs end at the right” in the 52nd chapter (Discourse on Prohibitions in Piercing) in “Su Wen of Huang Di Nei Jing. Since the liver is on the right side and the lungs are on both sides of the thoracic cavity anatomically, it is considered that this passage is not a description of the anatomical location of the organs. Based on this passage, this study examined the theoretical background and clinical application of this theory.
Methods: This study was conducted based on Huang Di Nei Jing and other significant ancient Chinese medical texts.
Results & Conclusions: In the East, directions have been determined by first identifying the left and right while looking at the south from the north. The theory of left liver and right lung originated from this practice, as the left is regarded as a representation of the east, spring, wood of the Wuxing (Five Phases), liver, and the right as a representation of the west, autumn, metal of the Wuxing, and lungs. Therefore, the principle of “left liver and right lung” does not describe the anatomical position of these organs, but rather explains the points where the qi (life force) of the liver and lungs operates and acts. The theory of left liver and right lung can be used to diagnose and treat diseases as well as explain the physiological functions of the organs. In addition, the belief that the liver stores blood and the lungs control qi laid the foundation for the theory of left blood and right qi. Since Zhu Dan-xi, regarding ailments such as apoplectic hemiplegia, headache, and angina, practitioners of Chinese medicine have considered the main causes of diseases on the left side of the body as blood deficiency and blood stasis and those of diseases on the right side as qi deficiency and qi statis when they perform treatment to cure the diseases.

Objective : The aim of this study was to present a case of Korean medicine and Iris diagnosis on Recurrent VulvoVaginal Candidiasis(RVVC).
Methods : The patient was diagnosed with VulvoVaginal Candidiasis in an obstetrics and gynecology department and stated by a Korean medicine doctor that there was white vaginal discharge. The Korean medicine doctor used an iris camera and detected nerve rings and pigment spots on the patient's iris. Through iris diagnosis, the Korean medicine doctor diagnosed that the patient's body is vulnerable to inflammation due to excess tension in the sympathetic nervous system. The Korean medicine doctor prescribed herbal medicine four times to treat the patient with RVVC.
Results : The patient stopped taking antifungal drugs and took Korean herbal medicine. As the patient took the herbal medicine, the white vaginal discharge gradually decreased. The vaginal discharge disappeared completely after taking the herbal medicine four times. Later, when the Korean medicine doctor checked the patient for symptoms after a year and five months, it was confirmed that it did not recur.
Conclusion : This case report shows that the Korean medicine therapy can treat RVVC.