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This study comparatively researched into the influence upon brain waves when carrying out ear-candle breathing method, thermal auricular therapy and auricular massage targeting adult women in their 20s-30s. After researching into general matters before experiment in all of three research groups, the brain waves, blood pressure, and pulse were measured. The group with ear-candle breathing did inhale for 10 minutes with having distance in 30cm from a user by shedding aroma in one ear candle with lying down sideways. The group with thermal auricular therapy maintained for 10 minutes with sticking ear candle in one-side ear with lying down sideways. The group with auricular massage carried out the smoothly auricular massage for 10 minutes with lying down sideways. In conclusion, the group with ear-candle breathing wasn't significant in all. The group with thermal auricular therapy was significant in pulse and stress quotient. The group with auricular massage was significant in pulse. Given seeing the findings, what there was no effect in the group with ear-candle breathing is considered to have no effect by inhalation because of being weak in aroma components, which are contained in ear candle. Also, the smell of being burned was stronger than the aroma scent when shedding ear candle. In light of this, the aroma scents within ear candle are considered to be insufficient. There was significant change in pulse as for the group with auricular massage. It is considered that user's psychological stability would be functioned because of having been carried out the smooth auricular massage, not acupressure. In the group with thermal auricular therapy, the smooth massage, sucking-up effect, and thermal sense gave the psychologically comfortable stability, thereby being considered to probably have influence upon stress quotient and pulse.

한국어

본 연구는 20-30대의 성인여성을 대상으로 귀마사지법과 귀온열요법, 이어캔들 흡입법을 실시하였을 때 뇌파에 미치는 영향을 비교 연구하고자 하였다. 세 실험군 모두 실험 전 일반적 사항을 조사한 후 뇌파와 혈압, 맥박을 측정하였다. 세 실험군 모두 옆으로 누운 자세에서 귀마사지군은 10분간 부드러운 귀마사지를 실시하였고 귀온열요법군은 한쪽 귀에 이어캔들을 꽂고 10분간 유지하였다. 이어캔들 흡입군은 이어캔들 한개를 발향시켜 피시술자와 30cm거리를 두고 10분간 흡입하였다. . 실험 전,후 귀마사지군은 혈압과 정서지수, 스트레스지수, 좌우뇌균형지수는 유의하지 않았지만 맥박에서는 유의하였고 귀온열요법군은 혈압과 정서지수, 좌우뇌균형지수는 유의하지 않았지만 맥박과 스트레스 지수는 유의하였다. 이어캔들 흡입군은 혈압 및 맥박, 정서지수와 스트레스 지수, 좌우뇌균형지수에서 모두 유의하지 않았다. 결과적으로 귀마사지군은 맥박에서 효과적이었고 귀온열요법군은 맥박과 스트레스지수에서 효과적이었으며 이어캔들흡입군은 모두 효과적이지 못하였다.