Korean medicine

Choi CW, Kim SC, Hwang SS, Choi BK, Ahn HJ, Lee MY, Park SH and Kim SK. 2002. Antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging capacity between Korean medicinal plants and flavonoids by assay-guided comparison. Plant Sci 163(6) 1161-1168. 

Traditional Chinese and Korean medicines have been utilised for centuries and are still a significant facet of medicine in Korea. Ginseng is one well-known remedy. There is a separate system for Chinese medical doctors therapy in Korea. 

Traditional Korean herbs. Extracts of the roots of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (Labiatae) have been widely used to relieve fever related to bacterial infection and inflammatory diseases in traditional Korean medicine and have been reported to be effective in brain diseases. Administration of Scutellaria baicalensis mitigated alterations of hippocampal MAPK signaling by chronic cerebral infusion and microglial activation by chronic LPS infusion. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition, modification of monoamines, antiamyloid aggregation effect, and antioxidant activity have been reported to be induced by extracts of a few plants of... 

Yu, Y.B., I.Y. Jeong, H.R. Park, et al. 2004. Toxicological safety and stability of the components of an irradiated Korean medicinal herb, Paeoniae Radix. Radial. Phys. Chem. 71(1-2) 115-119. 

Phytolacca americana roots are reputed to possess antiinflammatory properties in Korean medicine (Chandel and Rastogi, 1980 Hostettmann et al., 1991). Similar properties have been demonstrated for a number of other saponins (Agarwal and Rastogi, 1974). 

The plant has been used in traditional Korean herbal medicine for its antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory properties vermifuge. 

Kang BK, Lee EH, Kim HM. Inhibitory effects of Korean folk medicine Hi-Chum on histamine release from mast cells in vivo and in vitro. J Ethnopharmacol 1997 57 73-79. 

It was] a period which probably had as many changes, programs, and problems as any comparable period in history post-World War II the Korean War the Cold War reorganization of Department of Defense reorganizations of Department of the Army the war in Vietnam and major advances in medicine, the sciences, nuclear weapons, missiles and aircraft. The sheer volume and frequency of change alone provided some indication of the magnitude of the task to be performed. From the outset, the research effort proved to be difficult and cumbersome. 

A point that is often forgotten in westernized medicine is that of the approximate 7 billion people in the world at this moment, more than 80% of them do not have routine access to drugs as they are defined in Western medicine, but rely upon predominately plant-based therapies as their sources of medicinal agents. Even in areas of the world where single agent drugs are available, traditional therapeutic regimens such as Ayurveda in India, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Japanese and Korean herbals are still the major source of medicinals. 

Song, M. J., and D. H. Kim. Inhibitory effect of herbal medicines on rotavirus infection. Korean J Pharmacog 1998 292) 125-128. 

Jin Wong, H., Kyoungttwa, L. and Jim, E.S. (1 994) Anti neoplastic effects of extracts from tradition medicinal plants. Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy, 25, 1 71-1 77. 

The dried herbs of some Artemisia species have been used for the treatment of inflammation, blood diseases caused by the disturbance of menses, haematemesis, haematuria, hemorrhoids and diarrhea in Chinese, Korean and Japanese traditional medicine. In Japan, A. princeps and A. montana are the main species used for these purposes. Chlorogenic acid, methyl chlorogenate, 3,5-di-(9-caffeoylquinic acid, 4,5-di-CJ-cafifeoylquinic acid and 3,4-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid were isolated from the leaf of A. montana, and these compounds can be called "caffeetaimins" "Fig. (31)". We found that these caffeetannins inhibited the ADP plus NADPH-induced lipid peroxidation in rat liver microsomes. [17] Furthermore, as shown in "Table (12) and Table (13)", the acetone extracts of A. montana reduced the elevations of LPO, GOT and (JOT in the serum of rats fed peroxidized oil for 7 days. Caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid also inhibited the elevation of serum TG, LPO, TC, GOT and GPT "Table (14) and Table (15)". 

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