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ID110587
Title ProperCharacteristics of Korean medicine based on time classification
LanguageENG
AuthorYeonseok, Kang
Publication2011.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Korea's exchanges with the West only effectively began after World War II. This makes the situation in Korea very different from that of China or Japan, where various exchanges with Western countries were already being carried out in the sixteenth century. The introduction of modernised research methods was also delayed. Nevertheless, Korean medicine (KM) has been well modernised, while at the same time traditional medicine, less tainted by the wave of modernisation, has been preserved. Moreover, KM is now attracting young and capable talent of a kind never before seen in this field. Often reduced in Chinese official discourse to a mere variant of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), KM in fact constitutes a tradition of its own. This paper tracks the history of KM using time classification in order to better inform Western society regarding KM.
`In' analytical NoteChina Perspectives Vol. 2011, No. 3; 2011: p.33-41
Journal SourceChina Perspectives Vol. 2011, No. 3; 2011: p.33-41
Key WordsKorean Medicine (KM) ;  Oriental Medicine ;  Hyangyak Medicine (local drugs medicine) ;  History of KM ;  Time Classification ;  TCM ;  Korea