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KMID : 0861120130170020001
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2013 Volume.17 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.16
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The Meaning of Environmental Medicine in Korean Medicine
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Kim Hoon
Lee Sang-Hyup
Lee Hai-Woong
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Abstract
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Environmental medicine has interest in the effect of natural environment on the human health.Natureis usually understood as ‘sky(天)’ and ‘earth(地)’ which implies the harmony of humankind and nature(天地相應). As can be shown above,environment conceptis the basic in Korean Medicine which originate in『Huangdi’s InternalClassic』asclearmedicalform.According to『Huangdi’sInternalClassic』manought to abide by the nurturing‘Tao(道)’which is the way of life.This can beexplainedastheprincipleofbalance,specially ofyin(陰)andyang(陽)as is represented by the transformation of the energies from the universe. Life through the four season sisal soreferred in the classic upon when four different climates have some effect on people, and the regional effect on health is also written there.
Under the strict modern view, the achievement of the classic in the field of environmental medicine may betreated asprimitive,but it was induced through long-term observation,so that once was state-of-the-art result at that time. But to solve the intrinsic weakpoints in traditional environmental medicine and also to harmonize with modern science to contribute to national health, the way of modern research can be applied to traditional concept on environmental medicine.
Natural scientific approach is to avoid superstition and incantation. Strict method approach is to enhance accuracy and reliance in clinical observation. Overall, predict ability can help develop the effectiveness and efficiency of diagnosis, treatment, recurrence, and prevention in environmental disease with holy method of Korean Medicine.
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KEYWORD
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environment, medicine, nururing, yin, yang, KoreanMedicine
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