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14       광고                                                                                              July 1, 2019  Vol. 4  Hani Times
                 Opinion



                          Hanism Has Roots in the History of



                                                     US Acupuncture






                                                              acupuncture is just 40 years  The biggest issue at that time  referral. Still, there were more
                                                              and back then, Asian medicine  was that acupuncturists were  to struggle for acupuncturists.
                                                              was not considered a medicine.  not considered as primary  There was no clear cut for scope
                                                              Also, there was no regulations  practitioner. Acupuncturists  of practicing acupuncture. The
                                                              or laws regarding acupuncture  could not treat patients without  multi-committee again fought
                                                              practice. The first state  a referral from a primary  and gained current scope of
                                                              to establish acupuncture  care physician such as MDs,  acupuncture treatment.
                                                              rules and regulations was  dentists, or chiropractors.  Currently, acupuncturists
                                                              Nevada in 1973. The next  In 1977 and 1978, to gain  are facing challenges from
                                                              was state of California. The  autonomy for acupuncturists,  other group of healthcare
                                                              California state government  students in SBU along with  practitioners and some interest
                                                              established a committee for  other acupuncturists gathered  groups.
                                                              acupuncture by the order of  to the state Congress in  I believe that every change we
                                                              the governor and the committee  Sacramento to express their  made together was possible
        △ Not only taking care of the symptom, but also taking care
        of emotions and feelings is one of virtues of Traditional Kore-  legislated acupuncture laws  concerns.     because Hanism gave me a
        an Medicine, TKM. PictureⓒAdobeStock_Feng Yu          and regulations. In 1977, I   While the students were not  faith and reason to fight. I
                                                              founded the SBU.           in Sacramento, they wrote  want to let more Americans
                                   TKM, Treasured Mirror of   I witnessed all the rules  letters to their congressmen to  know what Hanism is and
                                   Eastern Medicine, 동의보감,    and regulation regarding  advocate for acupuncturists’  how Hanism affects Korean
                                   said “a physician who does   acupuncture and acupuncturists.  right to treat patients without a  culture including TKM.
                                   not have empathy cannot
                                   completely treats his patient’s
                                   symptoms.”. Definition of TKM
                                                                                        Fractal Theory and
                                   treatment is not limited to
                                   treat symptoms. The patient’s

        By David Park, Founder of   physiological aspects should                               Yin and Yang
        South Baylo University     be examined and treated along
                                   with physical symptoms. “A
                                   physician should be able to                             not exist in nature. Hwangdi   medicine.
        Recently, Korean culture is  consider the patient's emotional   By Simon Kim, Professor,   Neijing says that Yin exists   There are a few people who have
        getting more popular among  state allows the practitioner to   South Baylo University  inside to hold Yang while Yang   had a hard time understanding
                                                                                           acts outside to process Yin.   the following sentence written
        young Americans. Rapidly  think for the entire wellbeing
                                                                                           The relationship of  Yin qi and   in Hwangdi Neijing. Especially,
        increasing number of young  of the patient first.”
                                                                                           Yang qi looks like two poles   it is even more difficult to
        Americans love listening BTS’s  Hanism can explain the                             of one qi world. I-Ching says   translate these sentences to
        music and eating Korean  popularity of BTS and Korean                              that thanks to the virtue of   translate into English. I am
        cuisine. These phenomena  foods in America. Music and                              organic synthesis of Yin and   also experiencing the same
        could be defined as a trend.  food are for one who enjoy.                          Yang, there exists a physical   difficulties.
                                                                 △ Fractal diagram.        entity which produces the   五運陰陽者, 天地之道也. 萬物
        Trends in general, spread fast  Members in BTS or cooks in
                                                                                           world of life and sprit.   之綱紀, 變化之父母, 生殺之本
        among groups of people and  kitchen of a Korean restaurants
                                                                                           Everybody knows what Yinyang   始, 神明之府也. 治病必求於本.
        generate culture.          think put their customers
                                                                 We need the fractal idea to   means to some extent. As   My provisional translation is
        I dare to say that Traditional  first in order  to provide their   understand and depict diversity   acupuncture practitioner, we   like this: The existence of Yin,
        Korean Medicine, TKM  best. This is part of Hanism.      of qi world. There is a Yang in   have at least shared a common   Yang, and five movements
        represents whole complementary  I would like to introduce a   the Yin, there is a Yin in the   ground to play Yinyang Wuxing   is a generation process that
        and alternative medicines. TKM  brief history of acupuncture   Yang, and all things are formed   game for our daily practice.   functions dynamically in the
                                                                 through the differentiation of   My writing presents not only   universe. It is the lawful process
        has a long history and as it  in California for recently
                                                                 the yin and yang. Fractal is a   traditional concepts of Yin   of Heaven and Earth. Myriad
        contains Korean’s wisdom,  licensed acupuncturists.
                                                                 concept that maintains a self-  and Yang, but also my own   things in nature follow the
        ideas, culture and philosophy.  When I founded South Baylo   similarity that resembles the   insights and realization from   principle of Yinyang. It begets
        Fundamental to Korean  University (SBU) in the late      elements of a parent object   my experience and speculation.   all the changes in nature. Birth
        philosophy is Hanism. of Korean  1970's, acupuncturists were   of all stages, and ultimately   There is a matter and qi in   and decease of life initiates
        philosophy is Hanism. Hanism  not considered as primary   of the first whole object, not   nature. Nature expresses  and ends on this regulation
        could be explained as 홍익인  care physicians, so they      just the parent objects of a   its vitality through jingqi,   of nature. Not only life, but
                                                                 direct first phase to which a   which can be explained by   spirit dwells in it. You have
        간(弘益人間; welfare forward  faced many difficulties and
                                                                 sub-object belongs. Fractal   the organic synthesis of yin,   to speculate the very basic
        mankind)’ and ‘재세이화(在世     disadvantages.
                                                                 changes of yin and yang   yang, and wuxing.        of Yinyang Wuxing for the
        理化; reason-Able society)’.  Now the rights and power     occur constantly in all these   If we don't see things in nature   pursuit of healing.
        Welfare forward mankind(홍  of acupuncturists have made   formed things.            by the scope of organic Yin-  You can read this text in a
        익인간) is sharing personal  major strides after a long fight.   In the following chapters, I   Yang system, we easily fall into   totally different point of view.
        knowledge and valuables  Now the rights and power of     will refer to this fractal theory   the mechanical materialism by   And you might translate this
                                                                 in more detail: self-reference,   which the life force can't be   content in a much better
        with others and Reason-Able  acupuncturists have made
                                                                 self-reproduction, and self-  explained. In order to ensure   perspective. I hope you can
        Society(재세이화) means that  major strides after a long
                                                                 negation of qi. It is difficult   the life force of human body,   use your knowledge of Yinyang
        a country should be ruled by  fight. 14th Amendment was   to think of a formula that is   it is inevitable to assume the   nature in everyday practice by
        reason, not by authority or  to eliminate the oppression   dialed from 1 percent of Yin   exsistence of qi and jingluo   applying the redefined concept
        force. These ideas are also  of minorities and to provide   to 100 percent Yang. 100   as the basic presupposition   of Yinyang; reciprocity and
        in TKM.                    equality of opportunity in    percent pure Yang or Yin does   in the physiology of Eastern   fractal idea.
        The most important book in  1868. The history of American
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