The Journal of Korean Medicine (대한한의학회지)

The Society of Korean Medicine (대한한의학회)
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A Survey on Recognition of Quality Control of Oriental Medicines by People Who Work in Field of Oriental Medicine

한약재 품질관리에 관한 인식도 조사연구

  • Chun Jin-Mi (Department of Quality Control of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Lee A-Young (Department of Quality Control of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Jeon Won-Kyung (Department of Quality Control of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Choo Byung-Kil (Department of Quality Control of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Lee Hye-Won (Department of Quality Control of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Kim Hong-Jun (Department of Quality Control of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Kim Ho-Kyoung (Department of Quality Control of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
  • 천진미 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부) ;
  • 이아영 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부) ;
  • 전원경 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부) ;
  • 추병길 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부) ;
  • 이혜원 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부) ;
  • 김홍준 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부) ;
  • 김호경 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부)
  • Published : 2006.06.30
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Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to identify attitude, treatment and quality control of Oriental medicines and to find the influencing factors affecting them. Methods : We made a survey of 213 people who work in the field of Oriental medicine in Daegu. A survey on attitudes about treatment, and quality control of Oriental medicines was conducted by mail. The data was analyzed by SPSS. Results : The survey results showed that most common purchase place for Oriental medicine was a wholesale market (67.0%). Storage of Oriental medicine was mostly in warehouse (61.4%) without temperature controls. Subjects expressed necessity for quality control (100%), legal controls (96.2%), grading according to quality (95.7%), and standardization of Oriental medicine (90.6%) at a high rate. Conclusions : These results showed that subjects were interested in quality control of Oriental medicine to ensure safety.

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