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Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has many names in korea such as Oriental
medicine, Donguihak(�����), Hanuihak(�����), Hanbang(��۰), national medicine(�����
��), korea medicine(�������), Chosun medicine(�����) and others.
AS there have many cultural exchanges between Korea and China, there is
Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) includes many characteristics of Traditional Chinese
Medicine(TCM). Nevertheless, Korea and China have different climates, soil, people and
products. As such, Koreans developed original medicine which fits with our situation
throughout the history.
Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) has a long history. The medical exeperiences of
the Korean people through 5,000 years, in some cases they may as well be called folk
remedies, and sometimes were translated into landmark achievement in the medical
history of Korea.
During the Chosun(����) dynasty, King sejong(���) thought that medicinal herbs
grown in Korean soil were more effective in curing diseases of Koreans than the
Chinese medical stuff which was hard to come by. Our ancestors knew from their
experience that, in reality, medical stuff in one region was most efficacious for treating
patients living in the region. This what we call "You are what you eat". This also
means that the human body and the soil on which one lives affects each other and has
a close relationship. In this context, the development of medical herb of korea is not
only good for medical stuff production but important for the rediscovery of the tradition
and the development of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM)
eum(Yin) and Yang
eum(Yin) and Yang is the origin of all matters
eum(Yin) and Yang is a law of nature
Water pertains to eum(Yin) and fire to Yang ; symbolize the basic properties
Yang, existing in the exterior, is the basis of the eum(Yin)
eum(Yin), existing in the interior, is the basis of Yang
Yang gives rise to functional activity, and eum(Yin) makes the configuration
Ki(function) is derived from Yang
alternation of excessiveness and deficiency and Yang between eum(Yin)
restoration of normal balance between eum(Yin) and Yang
transformation eum(Yin) and Yang
harmony of eum(Yin) and Yang
interdependence of eum(Yin) and Yang
eum(Yin) is quiescent and Yang is motive
nature
eum(Yin)--------------Yang
water---------------fire
coldness--------------hotness
lower position---------upper position
downward direction-upward direction
dimness------------brightness
quiescence---------moving
interior position--exterior position
inward direction---outward direction
asthenia-----------sthenic
inhibition---------exited
sloeness-----------rapid
subtantial---------non-subtantial
human body
eum(Yin)--------------Yang
internal organ--------trunk surface
trunk-----------------four extremities
inside----------------exterior
chest abdomen---------back
below waist-----------above waist
medial aspect---------lateral aspect
Jang(Zang)------------Bu(Fu)
storing vital essence-transmitting food
storing vital energy--digesting food
eum(Yin) - Yang : opposition, inter-depending, inter-consuming-supporting and inter-transforming
* opposition
contradiction and struggle, comparison, moreover, divided infinitely, no means absolute,
but is relative, change
* inter-depending
without daytime there would be no night
in opposition and in interdependence
rely, coexisting
substance(eum(Yin)) - function(Yang)
ample nutrient substance - functional activities be health
eum(Yin) is installed in the interior as the material foundation of Yang
* inter-consuming-supporting
* inter-transforming
The Five Elements
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water
interpromoting(producing) relation of the five evolutive phases or elements
fire
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wood earth �� metal
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water
counteracting(checking)
fire check
wood �� earth
water metal encroachment, violation