• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.148
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• pp.45-47
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• 2002

당뇨병의 민간요법이 치료에 도움이 되지 않고 오히려 해가 될 수 있다는 사실이 이미 널리 홍보되어 있음에도 아직 상당수의 당뇨인들이 민간요법을 하고 있다. 특히 `요법`이라는 그럴싸한 말이 뒤에 붙어서인지 더욱 쉽게 빠져들게 하고, 그만두기 힘들게 한다. 약이 아님에도 약처럼 마구 홍보되고, 당뇨인들도 마치 약처럼 먹는가 하면, 하지 않으면 손해보는 듯한 생각을 갖기도 한다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.357-365
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• 2015

Folk medicine is traditionally passed down to cure disease, and adverse events (AEs) of folk medicine are any unfavorable and unintended discomforts temporally associated with the use of folk medicine. The aim of this study was to analyze AEs types and risks of folk medicine through the internet news articles. Included in this analysis are all articles on the topic of folk medicine and AE reported in the top 3 online news websites (NAVER, DAUM and NATE) determined by InternetTrend$^{TM}$(www.internettrend.co.kr). It was searched in the last five years (between 1 January 2009 and 28 February 2014). In total, 18 AEs articles of 973 news articles met our inclusion criteria. A total of 27 people were experienced AEs associated with use of folk medicine. Age was from 4 months to 76 years old, and it was occurred in both men and women. Folk medicine that caused AEs in twice or more was therapy that patient taking the dictamnus or aconitum of toxic herbal medicines, vinegar therapy of external use to topical skin, and cupping or bee sting therapy by practitioners. Death as a kind of serious AEs was 11 people, and 10 people were died after treatment by unqualified practitioner. Folk medicine that is popular and widely used in Korea is actively interacted with information on the internet, so it apt to misuse and abuse without guidance of health professionals. Aspects of health care system, we point out that the need for government and medical society establish not only correct health information plan and promotion of risk but also system as reporting and monitoring of AEs by folk medicine.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.1151-1157
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• 1998

Many type II diabetic patients use folk remedies to. treat diabetes in Korea. The physiology, pathology, usage, and prescriptions of folk remedies are not well established, and the effects of those remedies were handed down by word of mouth of experienced persons. Most of these remedies can cause unexpected side effects if consumed in large amounts since patients lack scientific backgrounds and the precise effects as well as the possible side effects have not been proven. The purpose of this survey was to investigate the prevalence of diabetic f31k remedies used by adult diabetic patients who use diet therapy to treat diabetes. This information can be used for a basic scientific approach to diabetic f31k remedies. The results of the survey were as follows : 1) Thiry-nine patients(53.4%) out of a total of 75 patients, answered that they used folk remedies. 2) There were 54 kinds of folk remedies f3r diabetes, and the most popular ones are silk worm powder, red jinseng, silkworm pupa, raw lentils, and cabbage, that to accounted for 97.4% of the experienced group. 3) The most common way to be exposed to folk remedies were recomnendations by friends and relatives, and through the mass communication such as TV, newspaper, magazine. As fir as the effects of the flok remedies goes, 17% answered that they experienced positive effects in controlling blood glucose levels and 5.7% reported negative effects. Moreover, 17.1% answered that they experienced side effects like stomach ache and bloating. 4) The 82.9% of the experienced group answered that they used silkworm powder, which was the most popular one in folk remedies. 5) 75% of the experienced group patients showed positive responses to folk remedies, saying that they will try new folk remedies if introduced. Even 66.7% of inexperienced group showed their interest saying that they will try new folk remedies.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.219
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• pp.32-36
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.366-371
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• 2004

최근에 조사된 연구에 따르면 한국 성인 암환자의 50∼60%가 민간요법 또는 대체요법을 사용하고 있으며, 그 중 70% 정도가 효과를 보았고 부작용은 거의 경험하지 않았다고 보고하였다고 한다. 가족 및 친지, 동료환자 및 매스컴이 주된 정보원이었고, 대부분이 경제적 부담이 된다고 응답했지만 월 50만원 이상 지출하는 경우가 50% 이상이었다.(중략)

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.58-68
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• 2017

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is prevalent in preschoolers and schoolchildren. The utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing in patients with AD as well as the general population. This study is based on the utilization of CAM for children with AD. Subjects were children suffering from AD who participated in the project of 'Seoul Atopy Asthma Free School'. In 6,800, the number of subject available data to final analysis was 4,985 for children with AD. Independent variables were age, monthly income of households, sleep disturbance, and dependent variables were medical treatment (MT), oriental medicine clinic (OMC), home remedy (HR) use experience during the past 12 months. As a result, MT was 76.5%, OMC was 24.6%, and HR was 62.3%, while multiple treatment from OMC and HR was 34.2%, and MT with OMC and HR was 18.8%. And variables influenced on CAM were age, monthly income of households, and sleep disturbance. However, some parents, tended to recognize that home remedy was effective and safe than other treatments. Therefore, it is recommended to counsel with physician about the merits and demerits of CAM.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.393-399
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• 2015

Nowaday, beyond the time of wellbeing and LOHAS, many people have great interest in self therapy, so it is called healing era. As the folk medicine fields are actively industrialized and the interest in health improvement, not disease cure, is increased, many researches about the alternative medicine and therapy in various fields are being performed. In the times of the interest in health improvement and spontaneous, natural healing ability of human body is getting increase, it is very meaningful to search the factors which consist of recognition to folk medicine. So in this study, we developed the questionaries on the basis of previous studies, researched the factors affecting the recognition to folk medicine using factor analysis, and tested statistically the difference of recognition character according to demo-statistical traits. As the result, the twenty-four measurable variables related to folk medicine are sorted to four factors, ie, health improvement factor, safety factor, psycholocial factor, and substitutional factor. And overall, the middle and senior ages, the forties to sixties, and higher-educated peoples have more experiences in folk medicine than the younger ages, below thirties and lower-educated peoples. The distiction of sex makes little differences.

• 건강소식
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• v.9 no.12 s.85
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• pp.16-18
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• 1985

항간에서 유행하는 여러 가지 무분별한 민간요법, 자기진단에 의한 약국에서의 직접 매약행위, 그리고 스스로의 처방에 의한 특수한식이 요법이나, 비생리적인 무리한 운동요법 등은 모두 뇌졸중을 악화시키는 요인이 되기 쉬우므로 삼가야 하겠다.

• The Hankook-Saengyark Bo
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• no.223
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• pp.8-8
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• 1998

• The Hankook-Saengyark Bo
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• no.222
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• pp.8.1-8.1
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• 1998