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Korean Oriental Medicine in Stroke Care

Jun Wang, OMD, PhD

Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University

Douglas Mann, MD

University of North Carolina (UNC) Program on Integrative Medicine, Department of Neurology Outpatient Clinics

Susan Gaylord, PhD

Program on Integrative Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UNC School of Medicine

Hye-Jung Lee, OMD, PhD

Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University

Michael Lee, MD, MHA

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, mylee{at}med.unc.edu

Korean Oriental medicine (KOM), known as Hanbang in Korea, is the primary health care system for more than 20% of the population in Korea. Often integrated with allopathic Western medicine, it has been used and studied extensively in Korea for a variety of conditions, including stroke and Parkinson’s disease. Although KOM shares its origins with traditional Chinese medicine, its unique cultural contributions include a number of innovations in diagnosis and technique, such as Sasang constitutional medicine, Saam acupuncture, herbal acupuncture, and Korean hand acupuncture. This article reviews the development and use of KOM in Korea, focusing on a major component, Sasang constitutional medicine. It describes a preliminary study of effectiveness of Sasang constitutional medicine in the treatment of stroke and discusses the directions of future research in KOM.

Key Words: Korean Oriental medicine • stroke • acupuncture • Sasang constitutional medicine • Hanbang

Complementary Health Practice Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, 105-117 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1533210105279482


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