부산대학교 도서관

We tried a moxibustion (moxa therapy) on tinea unguium of a patient. The patient was a 67-year old male who had suffered from a cerebral infarction since 1979 and lumbago for 5 years.He had noticed the discoloration, weakness and deformity of all his toenails and left fingernails since 5 years ago. His doctor diagnosed his condition tinea unguium and dosed him a topical anti-fungous. However he could not apply it on his nails. His nails had not improved. He suffered from the inconvenience of finger work because of a fragility of his fingernails.We tried a moxibustion on his fingernails once a day, 1-2 times a week. At the beginning of the moxibustion, the discoloration rate of his 1st left fingernail was 10 and 1 after 10 month's treatment. We concluded that a moxibustion on tinea unguium was a choice of treatment for the tinea unguium of patients who could not take oral anti-fungous.