Oriental Medicine: "A Computerized Study of Complex Recipes and Their Components: Herbs Most Frequently Used in Traditional Japanese and Korean Medicine"

1981 ◽  
Vol 09 (02) ◽  
pp. 134-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. I. Brekhman ◽  
M. A. Grinevitch ◽  
Kim Ben Kyu
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Oriental Medicine ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
Quantitative Indices

The investigated plants were processed in a computer to calculate their respective frequency of utilization in the traditional medicine of Japan and Korea. Each plant was characterized by means of certain quantitative indices (frequency-, pharmacological-, therapeutic- and cumulative indices). Out of 663 species included in 558 prescriptions, a few "elite" groups were selected which constitute a total of 92 herbs.

scholarly journals Bypassing the Technocratic State in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-57
Author(s):  
James Flowers
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
The State ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
Treatment Plans ◽  
Rapid Transmission

Abstract This article reveals an important, yet hidden, Korean response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 that goes beyond the actions of the state. It focuses on the Korean medicine doctors who were excluded from any government-led public health or treatment plans for COVID-19. Bypassing the state, they used telehealth to provide herbal medicines to 20 percent of COVID-19 patients in South Korea. Traditional medicine doctors volunteered their services and financial resources to fill a gap in COVID-19 care. Most observers attribute Korean success in controlling COVID-19 to the leadership of the technocratic state with buy-in from the population. However, the case of Korea offers an example of bottom-up healthcare in a community where people chose their own native cultural resources and helps to explain how doctors were able to take the initiative to autonomously work with people in the community to help to stop the otherwise rapid transmission of the virus.

scholarly journals Strategic Approach to the Globalization of Sasang Constitutional Medicine

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Myeong Soo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Panel Discussion ◽  
The Other ◽  
Oriental Medicine ◽  
Discussion Session ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Korean Traditional Medicine ◽  
Sasang Constitutional Medicine ◽  
Constitutional Medicine ◽  
Further Development

The workshop on “Strategic Approach to the Globalization of Sasang Constitutional Medicine (SCM)” was held in the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM) on September 18, 2009. This workshop was designed to discuss and brainstorm the strategic approach to the globalization of SCM, one of the unique systems in Korean Traditional Medicine, with three topics and an extensive panel discussion. Professor Edwin Cooper, Editor-in-Chief ofeCAM, gave a commemorative lecture for publication of the second supplement ofeCAMentitled “Sasang Constitutional Medicine as a Holistic Tailored Medicine”. The other two presenters suggested some practical methods for globalization of SCM on the basis of their experiences. After the three main presentations, there was a panel discussion session for further development of workshop topics, extended by five other external experts. They discussed the benefits, limitations and essentials for globalization of Korean Traditional Medicine, specifically SCM, from bench to bedside.

Oriental Medicine: "A Computerized Study of Complex Recipes and Their Componets: Analysis of Prescriptions Used in the Traditional Medicine of Japan and Korea"

1981 ◽  
Vol 09 (03) ◽  
pp. 197-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. I. Brekhman ◽  
M. A. Grinevitch
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Oriental Medicine ◽  
General Effect ◽  
Aqueous Extracts ◽  
Poisonous Plants ◽  
Contemporary Science ◽  
Information Contents ◽  
Natural Medicines

The materials presented here were obtained through a computerized study of 158 Chinese, 204 Korean and 196 Japanese traditional prescriptions with complex and multicomponent characteristics. Oriental medicine strives to complicate sets of prescriptions by using complex recipes and duplicating agents possessing identical effects. The absence of intolerability and side effects of these prescriptions may be given to account for their complexity far closer to the information contents of living bodies than modern scientific medicines which frequently apply substances synthesized or extracted from plants in pure form. Oriental remedial therapy is founded on the use of natural medicines of plant-, animal-, and mineral origin in the form of relatively large amounts of non-treated multi-component mixtures with a preferentially general effect on the organism. It involves the use of the underground parts of plants, aqueous extracts or ground medicinal raw materials. The absence of intensely active and poisonous plants and the scarcity of alkaloid-bearing plants explain the use of remedial mixtures in relatively large doses. Agents possessing antitoxic, anti-inflammatory and especially toning effects are most frequently used. Toning herbs should be given increased attention. A synthesis of traditional medicine and contemporary science on chemical composition and action of remedial plants and animals, and also on the effects that arise with applying complex prescriptions is essentially needed.

scholarly journals The Combination of Lonicera japonica Thunb. and Other Herbs to Cure Common Diseases in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 6548-6552
Author(s):  
Huynh Tan Hoi
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Lonicera Japonica ◽  
Herbal Remedies ◽  
Oriental Medicine ◽  
Active Ingredients ◽  
Healing Effect ◽  
The Family ◽  
Support Treatment

Medicines from natural herbs are simple to use, easy to find, both with curative value while minimizing unwanted side effects. It's natural active ingredients help increase immunity, support treatment, and prevent diseases quite well. Knowing about these herbs will help us to take better care of ourselves and our loved ones. In current curative methods, traditional medicine methods are being trusted and used by many people because traditional medicine brings many health benefits, helps patients treat their diseases well and improve their health. The remedies from oriental medicine are derived from natural herbs, so they are very good for us. Surely everyone will know some types of plants in the family, in the garden, or just around the house such as ginger, lemongrass, etc. has an excellent healing effect. Therefore, the herbs available in nature can be turned into a cure without spending as much money as when using a Western medication. Currently, many patients are using natural herbal remedies for the highest effectiveness. In particular, many patients are suffering from dangerous and difficult to cure diseases who have sought to cure with traditional medicine and herbal medicine; they have seen better progress with these treatments. This paper mentions lonicera japonica Thunb as an excellent herb because of its effects, and by combining with other herbs successfully, these therapies can cure many diseases.

scholarly journals Introduction to Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine’s Korean Medicine Case Report Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-293
Author(s):  
Sungha Kim
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Oriental Medicine ◽  
Complete Case ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
South Korean

Several modalities that have been used in Korean medicine have not undergone evaluation. The Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM), a South Korean national research agency, launched the Korean medicine case Report (KORE) program in May 2019 to promote case reports, especially among clinicians. The aim was to (1) introduce the KIOM-initiated KORE program, (2) report the results from the KORE program, and (3) present the challenges and limitation from the KORE program. We conducted a narrative review of the cases to which KORE was applied. A total of 16 proposals were reviewed since May 2019. Five proposals were rejected, and 7 case reports were included. Case reports for 3 therapies have been created under guidance. The KORE program makes it easier for Korean medicine doctors to initiate and complete case reports.

Tradition on the Move

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 133-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taewoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Medical Epistemology ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
East Asian Medicine ◽  
Asian Medicine ◽  
Dynamic Forces ◽  
External Forces ◽  
The Impact

Studies of East Asian medicine have demonstrated that contemporary traditional medicine is by no means static but continuously changing, and current work often emphasises the impact of external forces on this transformation such as the modern state, globalisation, and biomedicine. This paper emphasises another significant—but under-examined—impetus for change: East Asian medical epistemology and its theoretical and clinical elaborations. Drawing on an ethnographic investigation of Korean medicine and focusing on ‘practice’ as a theoretical and methodological vehicle, this study illustrates that traditional medicine retains within great potential to transform itself. Three contemporary acupuncture methods—Sa-am, Eight-Constitution, and Hundred-Degree and their own ways of cultivating tradition (validation of pre-modern methods, combination of existing theories, and reinterpretation of classical texts)—show that East Asian medical theories and epistemology continuously serve as dynamic forces for tradition on the move. By analysing the emergence of new forms of traditional practices in Korean medicine, this study attempts to contribute to the discussion of how tradition exists in modernity.

Comments on Nomenclature in Traditional Chinese Medicine

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (02) ◽  
pp. 191-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kexin Bao
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Folk Medicine ◽  
Oriental Medicine ◽  
Chinese Materia Medica ◽  
Materia Medica ◽  
True Colors

The present article suggests that the nomenclature used in traditional Chinese medicine is currently unclear resulting in improper usage of terms and subsequent confusion. This paper is an attempt to clarify this nomenclature confusion. Traditional medicine of China should be called "traditional Chinese medicine" (T.C.M.) rather than the frequently used "Chinese medicine". The latter term fails to express the "tradition" associated with T. C. M., and also it does not distinguish between T.C.M. and modern Chinese medicine. "Oriental medicine", another frequently used term for T.C.M., has the same kind of shortcomings. The true colors of T. C. M. should be restored. The author also notes that "herb", "herbology" or "herbal medicine" is not synonymous with traditional Chinese materia medica. Herbal medicine is a type of folk medicine whereas traditional Chinese materia medica is a formal branch of traditional Chinese medicine. Furthermore, the author suggests that "acupunctology" be used when referring to the science of acupuncture whereas "acupuncture" should be used with reference to a method or perhaps the therapy of needling.

scholarly journals Integrative Medicine for Postoperative Patients: A Survey of Korean Medicine Doctors

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun-Young Moon ◽  
Kyung-Min Shin ◽  
Jae-Young Shin ◽  
O-Jin Kwon ◽  
Jun-Hwan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Integrative Medicine ◽  
Postoperative Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Oriental Medicine ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Korean Medicine ◽  
Experienced Pain ◽  
E Mail

The purpose of this survey was to document the experience of Korean Medicine doctors (KMD) who provided postoperative care to patients through integrative medicine and to understand their opinions about integrative medicine utilization. Three researchers (two with a KMD license) of the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine conducted the survey. The questionnaire was distributed via e-mail to the 17,041 members of the Association of Korean Medicine in 2015. In total, 487 KMD answered the questionnaires. The majority of respondents worked in a Korean Medicine (KM) clinic, KM hospital, or long-term care hospitals (94.7%). The respondents mostly treated patients after musculoskeletal (26.7%), spinal (23.7%), or neuropathic surgery (22.2%). Patients predominantly experienced pain (23.0%), fatigue and tiredness (17.4%), delayed scar recovery (13.7%), and paralysis (13.0%). We analyzed subgroups in accordance with institution of employment, specialization, and clinical experience. Most KMD wanted to utilize integrative medicine for postoperative care of patients (92.6%). Moreover, a relatively active collaboration was noted in long-term care hospitals (mean rate: 60.73% [95% CI: 42.25 to 79.20]). Further studies and clinical trials are needed to determine whether integrative medicine is essential for providing postoperative care to Korean patients.

scholarly journals Clinical reasoning in traditional medicine exemplified by the clinical encounter of Korean medicine: a narrative review

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 100641
Author(s):  
Tae-hun Kim ◽  
Terje Alraek ◽  
Zhao-Xiang Bian ◽  
Stephen Birch ◽  
Mark Bovey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Clinical Reasoning ◽  
Clinical Encounter ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Korean Medicine
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