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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Traditional Korean medicine

Traditional Korean medicine (Hangul: 한의학, Hanja: 韓醫學) developed alongside and from Chinese medical techniques and procedures. Techniques in treatment and approach are similar in the main to Chinese medical techniques, but boosting the essence is the main focus in Korea. Traditional Korean medicine - History. The origin of Korean Medicine goes back to ancient times. In Samguk Yusa·Gojoseon(삼국유사·고조선), where the founding myth of Korea is recorded, there is a story of a tiger ...

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Traditional Korean medicine - History

Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also known simply as Chinese medicine (Chinese: 中醫學, zhōngyī xué, or 中药学, zhōngyaò xué) is the name commonly given to a range of traditional medical practices used in China that have developed over the course of several thousand years of history. It is also regarded as an instance of oriental medicine, a term which may include other traditional Asian medical systems such as Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, and Mongolian medicine. Chinese medicine principally employs a method ...

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Traditional Chinese medicine - Diagnostic techniques

Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia II - Traditional Korean medicine - History

The origin of Korean Medicine goes back to ancient times. In Samguk Yusa·Gojoseon(삼국유사·고조선), where the founding myth of Korea is recorded, there is a story of a tiger and a bear who wanted to reincarnate in human form took wormwood and garlic. In Jewang Ungi(제왕운기), which is written in around time with Samguk Yusa, wormwood and garlic are described as 'eatable medicine' and this tells us that even in times when incantatory medicine was the mainstream, medicinal herbs were applied. Moreover the fact that wormwood and garlic are not found in Chinese herb ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Health science

Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. There are two parts to health science: the study, research, and knowledge of health and the application of that knowledge to improve health, cure diseases, and understanding how humans and animals function. Research builds on the pure sciences of biology, chemistry, and physics as well as social sciences (for example medical sociology). Health science - Historical overview. The foundations for the health science fi ...

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Health science - Health delivery

Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Chinese food therapy

Chinese food therapy is a practice of healing using natural foods instead of medications. Chinese food therapy is a modality of traditional Chinese medicine, also known as Chinese Nutrition therapy. It is particularly popular among Cantonese people who enjoy slow-cooked soups. One of the most commonly known is a rice soup that goes by many names including congee and jook. This is a traditional breakfast of Asian people all over the world. Congee recipes vary infinitely, d ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Culture of Korea

The traditional culture of Korea is shared by South Korea and North Korea, but there are regional differences. The political differences between the north and the south of the peninsula also mean that there is a different focus on specific aspects of Korean culture. Culture of Korea - Traditional Korean arts. Culture of Korea - Traditional music. The traditional music in Korea is based on the voice. It is thought that the voice is a distinctively Korean voice, reflecting the tem ...

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Culture of Korea - Traditional Korean arts

Culture of Korea - Traditional Korean lifestyle

Culture of Korea - World Heritage sites of Korea

Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Rice congee

Rice congee is a type of rice porridge that is eaten in many Asian countries. The word Congee derives from the Tamil kanji. The rice is boiled in many times its weight of water, for a long time until the rice breaks down, and becomes a fairly viscous white porridge. It is usually eaten savoury (with zha cai, lettuce and dace paste, bamboo shoots, wheat gluten, meat, and/or other condiments), or plain. It is sometimes eaten with meat and/or century egg added near the start of making the congee. Sometimes when the c ...

Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Yin and yang

** minor symbol numbers The concept of yin and yang (Traditional: 陰陽; Simplified: 阴阳; Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyáng; Korean hangul: 음양; hanja: 陰陽; revised: eumyang; McCune-Reischauer: ŭmyang; Vietnamese: Âm-Dương) originates in ancient Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, which describes two primal opposing but complementary forces found in all things in the universe. Yin, the darker element, is ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Joseon Dynasty

The Joseon Dynasty (also Chosŏn, Hangul: 조선왕조, Hanja: 朝鮮王朝) was the final ruling dynasty of Korea, lasting from 1392 until 1910. It was founded by the Jeonju Yi family, and was preceded by the Goryeo dynasty. It was officially founded by Yi Seonggye (later known as Taejo of Joseon), a general who originally distinguished himself by repelling Japanese pirates who were marauding the peninsula for mainland technology. Later, General Yi would lead the overthrow or coup d'etat of the last king o ...

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Joseon Dynasty - History

Joseon Dynasty - Overview

Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Taiji

Taiji may also mean: Taiji - a town in Wakayama, Japan Taiji - a Japanese musician. The Taiji (Traditional Chinese characters: 太極, the 'Supreme Ultimate'; Pinyin: tàijí; Wade-Giles: T'ai Chi; Cantonese IPA: [tɑɪ3gɪk6]; Jyutping: tai3gik6; Japanese: Taikyoku; Korean: Taeguk, Taegeuk or T'aegŭk) is a concept introduced in the Zhuang Zi and so has an early connection with Taoism (pronounced "Daoism"). However, it also appears in the ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Dangun

Dangun Wanggeom is the legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first kingdom of Korea. The oldest existing record of the founding myth of Korea involving him appears in the Samguk Yusa, a 13th-century collection of legends and stories. Although the founder is commonly called Dangun, some believe that Dangun was a title or position, and Wanggeom was the proper name. See Gojoseon, History of Korea. Dangun - Story. Dangun's ancestry begins with his grandfather Hwanin (환인; 桓因;), t ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Asiatic black bear

The Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus or Ursus tibetanus), also known as the Tibetan black bear, the Himalayan black bear, or the moon bear, is a medium sized, sharp-clawed, black-coloured bear that usually features a distinctive white or cream "V" marking on its chest. It is a very close relative of the American black bear, with which it is thought to share a European common ancestor. It grows to approximately 130 to 190cm (4 to 6 ft.) in length. Males weigh between 110 and 150 kg (242 to 330 lbs.) and females weigh between 65 to 90 kg ( ...

Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Ume

Ume (梅) is the Japanese name for a species of Asian plum (Prunus mume, Rosaceae). The tree originates from China (where it is called méi (梅)), but has also grown in Japan and Korea (where it is called maesil) since ancient times. The tree is cultivated for its fruits and flowers. Although normally called a plum, it is actually more closely related to the apricot. Another species commonly referred to as the "Japanese plum" is the sumomo. In Japan it is said that there are about 300 cultiva ...

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Ume - Uses

Ume - Etymology

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Chinese wine

Jiu (Chinese: 酒; Pinyin: jiǔ) is the Chinese word that refers to all alcoholic beverages. This word has often been translated into English as "wine", although the meaning is closer to "alcoholic beverage" or "liquor." The same Han character is also used in Japanese, where it is pronounced sa ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Acupuncture

Acupuncture (from Lat. acus, "needle" (noun), and pungere, "prick" (verb) or in Standard Mandarin, zhēn jǐu (針灸), is one of the main branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine (others being herbal medicine and tui na). It is a therapeutic technique from that framework intended to restore health and well-being. The term acupuncture is often used by Westerners to refer to Chinese medicine generally. The technique involves the insertion of needles into "acupuncture points" on the body by trained practitioners. Th ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Neo-Confucianism

Neo-Confucianism (理學 Pinyin: Lǐxué) is a term for a form of Confucianism that was primarily developed during the Song dynasty, but which can be traced back to Han Yu and Li Ao in the Tang dynasty. The term should not be mistaken for New Confucianism which is an effort to apply Confucianism to the 21st century. Neo-Confucianism was a response by the Confucians to the dominance of the Taoists and Buddhists. Neo-Confucians such as Zhu Xi recognized that the Confucian system of the time did not include a thoroughgoing metaphy ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Chicken soup

Chicken soup is a soup made by boiling chicken parts or bones in water, with various vegetables and flavorings. The classic chicken soup consists of a clear broth, often served with small pieces of chicken or vegetables, or with noodles or dumplings, or grains such as rice and barley. Chicken soup has also acquired the reputation of a folk remedy for colds and flus, and in the United States is considered a classic comfort food. Chicken soup - Terminology. Several terms are sometimes confused when referring ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Peking University

Peking University 博学审问慎思明辨 Peking University or Beijing University (Simplified: 北京大学; Traditional: 北京大學; Hanyu Pinyin: Běijīng Dàxué), colloquially known as Beida (北大, Běidà). Established in 1898, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China. Peking University - History. Peking University was established in Beijing in Dec ...

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Traditional Korean medicine: Encyclopedia - Chinese tea culture

Chinese tea culture refers to the methods of preparation of tea, the equipment used to make tea and the occasions in which tea is consumed in China. Tea drinking was popular in ancient China as tea was regarded as one of the seven daily necessities, the others being firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. Tea culture in China differs from that of Europe, Britain or Japan in such things as preparation methods, tasting methods and the occasions for which it is consumed. Even now, in both casual and formal Chinese occas ...