The role of Korean Medicine in the post-COVID-19 era: an online panel discussion part 2 – basic research and education
Background: Experiencing difficulties and challenges though COVID-19 pandemic, there are voices that it needs to be discussed to seek direction of basic research and college education of Korean Medicine (KM) so that KM community can play a significant role in the future infectious disease outbreaks....
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| author | Sunju Park Dae-Hyun Hahm Myungsoo Joo Kyongmin Kim Sunoh Kwon Hoyoung Choi Hyangsook Lee |
| author_facet | Sunju Park Dae-Hyun Hahm Myungsoo Joo Kyongmin Kim Sunoh Kwon Hoyoung Choi Hyangsook Lee |
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| description | Background: Experiencing difficulties and challenges though COVID-19 pandemic, there are voices that it needs to be discussed to seek direction of basic research and college education of Korean Medicine (KM) so that KM community can play a significant role in the future infectious disease outbreaks. Methods: This paper summarizes the edited highlights of an online video meeting by Google meet on May 19, 2020, organized by the Korean Medicine Convergence Research Information Center. Five researchers specialized in immunology, microbiology, virology, preventive medicine, and herbology, respectively, presented what KM community should prepare for the future acute infectious disease outbreaks by learning from the previous research on antiviral effect of herbs for coronavirus and the experiences of the present COVID-19 pandemic. Results: There are a lot of herbs or natural products with potential anti-coronavirus effects reported from in vitro experiments and despite criticism, many clinical trials on traditional herbal medicine for COVID-19 are being conducted. In addition to establishing research evidence, KM community should train and produce public health professionals among Korean Medicine Doctors (KMDs) and official participation in public healthcare system should be ensured in terms of regulation and policy. Newly developed KM treatments can be interpreted by the KM theories and also should be allowed by regulations for KMDs to utilize them. Conclusion: The present online discussion suggested directions of basic research for acute viral infections diseases utilizing KM and how to enforce relevant education and regulations in the post-COVID-19 era. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f32298325abd45c8bd5a3b309a21aac12025-03-02T01:22:06ZengElsevierIntegrative Medicine Research2213-42202020-09-0193100488The role of Korean Medicine in the post-COVID-19 era: an online panel discussion part 2 – basic research and educationSunju Park0Dae-Hyun Hahm1Myungsoo Joo2Kyongmin Kim3Sunoh Kwon4Hoyoung Choi5Hyangsook Lee6Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University, Daejeon, South KoreaDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South KoreaDivision of Applied Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, South KoreaDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, South KoreaHerbal Medicine Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South KoreaDepartment of Herbology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South KoreaKorean Medicine Convergence Research Information Center, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea; Corresponding author at: Korean Medicine Convergence Research Information Center, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyung Hee Dae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea.Background: Experiencing difficulties and challenges though COVID-19 pandemic, there are voices that it needs to be discussed to seek direction of basic research and college education of Korean Medicine (KM) so that KM community can play a significant role in the future infectious disease outbreaks. Methods: This paper summarizes the edited highlights of an online video meeting by Google meet on May 19, 2020, organized by the Korean Medicine Convergence Research Information Center. Five researchers specialized in immunology, microbiology, virology, preventive medicine, and herbology, respectively, presented what KM community should prepare for the future acute infectious disease outbreaks by learning from the previous research on antiviral effect of herbs for coronavirus and the experiences of the present COVID-19 pandemic. Results: There are a lot of herbs or natural products with potential anti-coronavirus effects reported from in vitro experiments and despite criticism, many clinical trials on traditional herbal medicine for COVID-19 are being conducted. In addition to establishing research evidence, KM community should train and produce public health professionals among Korean Medicine Doctors (KMDs) and official participation in public healthcare system should be ensured in terms of regulation and policy. Newly developed KM treatments can be interpreted by the KM theories and also should be allowed by regulations for KMDs to utilize them. Conclusion: The present online discussion suggested directions of basic research for acute viral infections diseases utilizing KM and how to enforce relevant education and regulations in the post-COVID-19 era.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422020301207COVID-19Korean MedicineEducationExperimental researchHerbal medicine |
| spellingShingle | Sunju Park Dae-Hyun Hahm Myungsoo Joo Kyongmin Kim Sunoh Kwon Hoyoung Choi Hyangsook Lee The role of Korean Medicine in the post-COVID-19 era: an online panel discussion part 2 – basic research and education Integrative Medicine Research COVID-19 Korean Medicine Education Experimental research Herbal medicine |
| title | The role of Korean Medicine in the post-COVID-19 era: an online panel discussion part 2 – basic research and education |
| title_full | The role of Korean Medicine in the post-COVID-19 era: an online panel discussion part 2 – basic research and education |
| title_fullStr | The role of Korean Medicine in the post-COVID-19 era: an online panel discussion part 2 – basic research and education |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of Korean Medicine in the post-COVID-19 era: an online panel discussion part 2 – basic research and education |
| title_short | The role of Korean Medicine in the post-COVID-19 era: an online panel discussion part 2 – basic research and education |
| title_sort | role of korean medicine in the post covid 19 era an online panel discussion part 2 basic research and education |
| topic | COVID-19 Korean Medicine Education Experimental research Herbal medicine |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422020301207 |
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