권 박사는 논문에서 "산삼 약침은 산양삼이나 산양산삼을 증류 추출한 약침“이라면서 ”산삼 약침은 지난 수년 전부터 진행 중인 임상 실험을 통해서 항암, 항산화 기능과 더불어 암 세포 전이를 억제하는 기능이 있는 것으로 보고 되었다“고 밝혔다.

권 박사는 또 “그 동안의 연구 결과 이러한 효능은 산삼 약침이 암세포를 직접 공격하는 것이라기 보다 인체 스스로 암세포의 성장을 막아주게 하기 위해 체력을 증강시키고, 면역 세포를 자극 하는 것”이라고 강조했다.

[다음은 논문 초록] 

Mountain Ginseng Pharmacopuncture for cancer treatment

Kirok Kwon

Research center of Pharmacopuncture Medicine

Mountain Ginseng Pharmacopuncture (MGP) is an extract distilled from either mountain cultivated ginseng or mountain wild ginseng (Mountain Ginseng).

Constituent analysis with GC (gas chromatograpy) or GC-MS shows containment of aromatic substances with low molecular weight between 50-210. These are assumed to be sesquiterpene compounds with 10-15 carbons such as panecene and beta-Elemene, and flavonoids like quercetin, hesperidin, and anthocyanidin. These constituents are reported to have actions of anti-cancer, anti-oxidation, and suppression of cancer cell metastasis. These actions are likely to be even more potent for mountain ginseng.

Clinical trials of MGP on terminal stage cancer patients are undergoing in the past few years. In a case of primary Liver cancer metastasized to lung, after 6 months of MGP lead to complete disappearance of tumor in both liver and lung. In one case report, treating squamous cell lung cancer which is a type of non-small cell lung cancer with 6 months of MGP procedure stopped the growth of cancer cells, but the condition exacerbated when injection was done on acupoints on the abdomen.

  [정리:대한약침학회 김신성 연구위원]