러시아 한류 번역(영어 번역본)Hallyu (Korean wave) is getting popular in Russia; and this time, it is Korean medicine. Korean medicine uses acupuncture and moxibustion to reduce pains and applies meditation to control minds. The medical hallyu in Russia is now expanding to the Korean medicine from plastic surgery, dentistry and dermatology. Recently Russians have taken one step further from just visiting the clinics for Korean traditional treatment and are now coming to Korea to learn Korean medicine.
On 25th of last month, we met Professor Camilla Luzina(woman, picture) who is studying at the Korean medical clinic of Kyung Hee University Hospital at Guangdong, and talked about the medical hallyu in Russia. She is directing the Oriental medicine clinic of First Moscow Railways Hospital under Russian Railways, which runs and manages 250 railway hospitals throughout Russia.
Koreans regard Korean medicine as ‘old fashioned’, but surprisingly foreigners see it differently. “It was amazing to insert fine needles in the head, face, neck, arms and legs for treatment” said Professor Luzina. Originally she majored in neurology, but influenced by her Chinese mother, she became interested in Oriental medicine. “My mother was a Chinese medical doctor, so I was naturally exposed to Oriental medicine and later studied Chinese medicine at Beijing Medical Graduate School”, she added. That is how she got a license for Chinese medicine while being a neurologist.
“As the effects of acupuncture and medicinal herbs are acknowledged internationally, the interest in the Chinese medicine is rising”, she said. The Railways Hospital signed a business agreement with Kyung Hee University Hospital at Guangdong which is famous for Korean medicine in Korea. “The medical treatment level and infrastructure in Korea is higher than in China and I thought this would be an opportunity to systematically learn Korean medicine that can be clinically applied ”, she said.
She visited Kyung Hee University Hospital at Guangdong and observed the outpatient medical examination in the Korean medical clinic. She visited such departments as Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Internal Medicine of Korean Medicine, Pediatrics of Korean Medicine, Eye-Ear-Nose-Throat-and-Skin, Gynecology of Korean Medicine, Digestive Organs of Korean Medicine, Korean Medicine Cancer Center, Sasang typology, and Korean Medicine Music Therapy Center. She learns how to apply Korean medicine clinically.
In addition, she joins the doctors on their ward rounds, discusses treatment processes and reads the clinical papers. She has learned how to make medicine from herbs. “Soft music and herbal acupuncture are used to help patients to feel ‘ki (energy)’ and reduce pains. It is impressive that the information technologies are utilized and the western and Korean medical teams work together to treat incurable diseases such as stroke and Alzheimer’s disease”, she added.
Kyung Hee University Hospital at Guangdong intends to complement this training program to use it later for training the doctors who will be responsible for the Oriental medical clinic at Railways Hospital. The more Russian doctors are trained in Korea, the faster the Korean medicine will spread in Russia.
The Korean medicine training program includes a medical treatment suitable for Russia; herbal acupuncture. The medical properties in bee venom or deer antlers are extracted, refined, and injected via intramuscular injection. “There are many patients with aching neck, back and knees in Russia. It seems to be effective in treating pains as it works fasts. I will try to publicize the effectiveness of the Korean medicine”, Professor Luzina said. |
