Traditional Korean medicine

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... 

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

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. 

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. 

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)". 

Korean traditional preparations Thirty-one naturally occurring substances used to treat psychosis in Korean traditional medicine were subjected to in-vitro CNS screening assays using crude plant extracts. In-vitro assays revealed several CNS receptor selectivities and affinities. More constituents had strong binding affinities with monoamine receptors than other CNS receptors. Controlled animal studies are needed to elucidate specific behavioral effects of different preparations. 

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