Table 6 Commonly used Korean medicine treatments for LSS

Herbal medicine

Chungpa-jun^a

Yookmijihwang-tang (六味地黃湯)

Dokhwalgisaeng-tang (獨活寄生湯)

Hwalhyeoljitong-tang (活血止痛湯)

Ojeok-san (五積散)

Shingi-hwan (腎氣丸)

Danggwisoo-san (當歸鬚散)

Jakyagkamcho-tang (芍藥甘草湯)

Bojoongikgi-tang (補中益氣湯)

Chuna manipulation

Sidelying lumbar extension dysfunction correction technique

Prone lumbosacral joint distraction method

Spine flexion distraction method: Flexion shift technique

Prone posteriorly rotated ilium/sidebent sacrum correction technique

Sidelying lumbar ‘pitch and roll’ distraction method

Prone leg raise ilium correction technique

Prone anteriorly rotated ilium correction technique

Prone sacrum sidebent rotation dysfunction correction technique

Spine flexion distraction method: Extension technique

Sidelying lumbar flexion dysfunction correction technique

Style of acupuncture

Ashi points

Motion Style Acupuncture Treatment (MSAT)^a

Acupoints associated with symptoms (acupoints relating to specific disorder/syndromes)

Dong-Si Acupuncture

Pharmacopuncture

Shinbaro 2^a

Shinbaro 1

Shinbaro 3

Joongseongouhyul (中性瘀血)

Hwangryunhaedok (黃蓮解毒)

Muscle relaxation

Anti-inflammation

Scolopendra

Acupoints used for acupuncture

Hyeopcheok (Huatuo Jiaji, EXB2) points

GB30 (環跳)

Ashi points

BL23 (腎兪)

BL40 (委中)

BL25 (大腸兪)

Acupoints used for pharmacopuncture

Hyeopcheok (Huatuo Jiaji, EXB2) points

Ashi points

BL23 (腎兪)

GB30 (環跳)

BL25 (大腸兪)

BL40 (委中)