Koryo medicine is the traditional national medicine created on the basis of precious experience gained by the Korean people in the process of medical activities covering over thousands of years to protect health and treat the diseases of the people.
It is the consistent public health policy of the WPK to correctly combine the Koryo and modern medicines.
The correct combination of Koryo and modern medicines is of weighty importance in further improving the successes in prevention and treatment of diseases by giving full play to the superiority of both medical sciences while making up their deficiencies and in providing the people with the benefits of free medical care system.
At present, the modern medicine is effective in medical treatment of diseases as its basic theory, treatment methods and means have been proved through the medical experiments and verification. In modern medicine, diseases are cured mainly by performing operations or killing germs. Regarding the root cause of diseases as the breaking of the control function of all organs, Koryo medicine cures illness by strengthening the overall functions of the body in the method of using unique acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping and manual therapy and Koryo medicines made from natural materials.
The combination of Koryo medicine and modern medicine in prevention and treatment of diseases makes it possible to correctly diagnose and treat in accordance with the Korean people’s living environment, habit and physical characteristics and to further increase the treatment effects by giving fullest play to the superiority of Koryo and modern medicines.
Although it is imperfect in scientific accuracy, the Koryo medical diagnosis has a good point in the comprehensive analysis of the cause of disease in keeping with the physical constitution and kinds of disease by applying diverse basic theories of Koryo medicine. If the diagnosis methods of modern medicine including blood test and X-ray examination are correctly combined in the Koryo medical diagnosis, more scientific diagnosis can be made and correct treatment orientation be decided.
Korean traditional medical treatment is superior to the modern medical treatment in taking medical treatment measures as it is unique and diverse in methods and means.
It has been verified scientifically that that acupuncture, moxibustion and cupping which are the main means of medical treatment in the traditional Korean medicine increases the immunity of organic body. So it actively used in medical treatment. Various tonics including insam and deer horns and other traditional Korean medicines have few side-effect on human body. So, it is widely used in medical treatment as it prevents or cures illness by controlling the overall functions of body.
If the modern medical treatment method is correctly applied in medical treatment while giving full play to the traditional Korean medicine, it is possible to overcome the negative effect of modern medicines on human body. And the appropriate combination of traditional Korean medicines and modern medicines in addition to the non-chemical-pill treatment of the Koryo medicine increases the immunity of organic body to prevent disease and complications.
Like this, correct combination of Koryo medicine and modern medicine enables the people to enjoy the benefits of the popular public health policies of the Workers’ Party of Korea and thus gives fuller play to the superiority of the most popular socialist public health system in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The right combination of both medicines is the most correct policy that enables to thoroughly establish Juche principle in public health and correctly maintain national identity.
It is the fundamental principle that should be adhered to in the development of socialist public health to thoroughly apply the Juche character and national identity in the field of public health.
Public health care system is established with a nation and state as a unit and the health protection of the people should be done by the own efforts, wisdom, forces and means of a country.
Every nation has its own traditional medicine peculiar to its nation’s physical constitution and features as it has such national characteristics as the natural and geographical condition, peculiarity of socio-historical development and custom of life. Therefore, medical treatment and the prevention of diseases can be done more effectively according to the people’s health condition and life custom of a country when the modern medicine and the traditional national medicine are well combined.
In the future, too, the people’s health will be further protected and improved thanks to the WPK’s policy of public health to correctly combine the Koryo medicine and modern medicine, while giving fuller play to the superiority of the socialist public health system.
