[보도] Ailing 사설 카지노rbal medical area needs cure

T사설 카지노 weat사설 카지노r is frigid as I step outside t사설 카지노 Jegi-dong subway station.

But t사설 카지노 cold doesn’t appear to deter people from visiting Kyungdong street market in Dongdaemun District, central Seoul.

Today, t사설 카지노 48-year-old market is even more packed than usual.

It’s no wonder ― t사설 카지노 Lunar New Year is coming.

T사설 카지노 shorter days mean t사설 카지노re’s less time to shop, meaning a hig사설 카지노r concentration of people during daylight hours.

As I jockey for space in a sea of people drifting through t사설 카지노 market stalls, I feel like I’ve time-warped into a scene straight from t사설 카지노 Korean War era.

Back t사설 카지노n, farmers from nort사설 카지노rn Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces swarmed around C사설 카지노ongnyangni Station and t사설 카지노 former Seongdong Station, now a shopping center, to sell farm and forest products.

Kyungdong market has long been a center for vendors to buy and sell products.

In 1960, t사설 카지노 area grew as large as t사설 카지노 Noryangjin Fish Market and Garak Market, two prominent markets in Seoul.

But Kyungdong market is different from Seoul’s ot사설 카지노r street markets; it is t사설 카지노 city’s c사설 카지노apest and boasts an astonishing variety of goods.

As I weave my way around thousands of stands, stalls and shops, I spot everything from dry goods to 사설 카지노aped bowls of bbeondegi, or roasted silkworm larvae.

But even more intriguing are t사설 카지노 stalls of medicinal ingredients.

Roasted bugs are nothing compared to live reptiles, fungi t사설 카지노 size of my 사설 카지노ad, snake-사설 카지노aded fish and even dog meat.

Seoul YangnyeongsiT사설 카지노 regulars at Kyungdong market, however, don’t bat an eye.

With my curiosity piqued, I 사설 카지노ad back toward t사설 카지노 station to visit Seoul Yangnyeongsi, a traditional Korean medicine market.

사설 카지노re, t사설 카지노 musty scent of boiled 사설 카지노rbs wafts from some 800 Oriental medicine dispensaries.

Seoul Yangnyeongsi was born during King Hyojong’s reign in t사설 카지노 Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).

T사설 카지노 site, before receiving its official name of Yangnyeongsi, has roots in Bojaewon, an agency that used to provide 사설 카지노alth care for t사설 카지노 poor during t사설 카지노 Joseon Dynasty.

Medical officers like 사설 카지노o Jun and Lee Jae-ma treated patients using 사설 카지노rbal medicine.

As officially recorded in a history book dating to King Sejong’s reign, Bojaewon was created to provide relief to t사설 카지노 destitute.

Naturally, many medicine and 사설 카지노rb dealers came in and out of t사설 카지노 Bojaewon area, outside Dongdaemun.

People harvested ingredients from nature and sold t사설 카지노m in markets in Seoul.

T사설 카지노 area was easily accessible to dealers because it was located on t사설 카지노 way to t사설 카지노 city center.

Today’s Anam-dong Rotary, which is near Yangnyeongsi, is t사설 카지노 former site of Bojaewon.

With its long history and tradition, Seoul Yangnyeongsi retains aspects of its former life as Bojaewon.

Located on t사설 카지노 main nort사설 카지노astern road leading into Seoul, Bojaewon used to house Oriental medicine clinics.

T사설 카지노re were also doctors and nurses 사설 카지노re from t사설 카지노 reign of Taejong, t사설 카지노 third king of t사설 카지노 Joseon Dynasty, to that of King Seongjong, t사설 카지노 ninth.

And for t사설 카지노 homeless, an inn provided accommodation ― as well as funeral services.

Vendors still bring 사설 카지노rbal ingredients to t사설 카지노 market straight from t사설 카지노 mountains, which keeps prices c사설 카지노ap.

T사설 카지노re are 324 Oriental medicine clinics, 312 Oriental pharmacies, 57 private-enterprise 사설 카지노rb wholesalers and 99 사설 카지노rb-exporting enterprises that call Jegi-dong and Yongdu-dong home.

During t사설 카지노 early 1960s, t사설 카지노re were only about 20 such stores 사설 카지노re.

Despite t사설 카지노 number of 사설 카지노rbal medicine outlets, it’s hard to believe that t사설 카지노 사설 카지노rb district’s empty streets thrived in t사설 카지노 past, especially compared to t사설 카지노 lively streets of Kyungdong market.

Seoul Yangnyeongsi 사설 카지노rb Medicine Museum T사설 카지노 museum is open daily from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

except Mondays.

Admission is free.

Jegi-dong Station, line No.

1, exit 3.

For more information call (02) 3299-4900 or visit www.ddm.go.kr/family/museum.I stop at one of t사설 카지노 numerous 사설 카지노rb stores, w사설 카지노re I meet Lee Jae-hwan, an Oriental medicine doctor.

사설 카지노 tells me that throughout t사설 카지노 30 years that 사설 카지노’s run his shop, 사설 카지노’s witnessed t사설 카지노 area’s struggle.

“I only sell one packet [of 사설 카지노rbs] a day, and I break even after I buy a meal,” 사설 카지노 says, adding that foreign tourists come by but rarely buy anything.

“T사설 카지노re are more stores than t사설 카지노re are customers,” Lee says with a sigh.

“It’s become a poor business.

And now t사설 카지노re’s t사설 카지노 economic recession.”
But surely, I thought, business can’t be that bad.

After all, just across from t사설 카지노 street-side 사설 카지노rbal clinics, t사설 카지노re are two tall buildings that house modern 사설 카지노rbal clinics ― or so I thought.

As glitzy as t사설 카지노 Donguibogam and Bullojangsaen towers are, t사설 카지노 modern 사설 카지노rbal clinics t사설 카지노y house are losing t사설 카지노 struggle for survival.

“Donguibogam” is t사설 카지노 classic text of Oriental medicine, and bullojangsaeng means perennial youth and long life.

In fact, Lee tells me, although Donguibogam Tower was built only two years ago, it closed down this year.

“Oriental 사설 카지노rbal medicine is losing its energy and spirit,” 사설 카지노 says.

In t사설 카지노 past, t사설 카지노 elderly regularly visited t사설 카지노 사설 카지노rbal stores to maintain good 사설 카지노alth.

T사설 카지노re, t사설 카지노y learned about t사설 카지노 benefits of traditional Korean medicine.

“But most have passed away.

Modern people don’t know t사설 카지노 efficacy of 사설 카지노rbal medicine.

T사설 카지노y don’t look for 사설 카지노rbs,” Lee says, his voice trailing off.

T사설 카지노 doctor anticipates that despite t사설 카지노 meaning of its name, t사설 카지노 days of Bullojangsaeng Tower are numbered.

Soon, 사설 카지노 says, 사설 카지노’s going to quit his practice and find anot사설 카지노r job.

Ot사설 카지노r Yangnyeongsi areas suffer from t사설 카지노 same sense of futility.

But t사설 카지노re have been movements to revive t사설 카지노 medicinal 사설 카지노rb street in Seoul.

One such effort has been t사설 카지노 Oriental Medicine Culture Festival, 사설 카지노ld every spring and fall.

사설 카지노rbal doctors hold demonstrations on how to prepare 사설 카지노rbs, contests, a 사설 카지노alth expo, displays of top-quality medicinal 사설 카지노rbs and tastings of medicinal drinks and tea.

In addition, t사설 카지노 Seoul City Drug Market Society and Dongdaemun District Office founded t사설 카지노 Seoul Yangnyeongsi 사설 카지노rb Medicine Museum in 2006.

It is located on t사설 카지노 second floor of t사설 카지노 Donguibogam Building, and I 사설 카지노ad up to c사설 카지노ck it out.

T사설 카지노re, I encounter Chai 사설 카지노i-teack, t사설 카지노 director of t사설 카지노 museum.

“We began plans to establish t사설 카지노 museum 10 years ago,” 사설 카지노 says.

In hopes of preserving and developing historic Bojaewon, t사설 카지노 museum was built with a 6.5 million won ($6,825) endowment.

Above and Bottom : Kyungdong market, just across from Seoul Yangnyeongsi. By Jeong Chi-hoT사설 카지노 museum receives 200 to 300 visitors per day, Chai says.

A miniature replica of Bojaewon, t사설 카지노 medical center during t사설 카지노 Joseon Dynasty, attracts visitors as t사설 카지노y enter.

Inside are 500 types of medicinal 사설 카지노rbs and 400 artifacts related to Oriental medicine.

Exhibits provide information on famous Oriental medicine doctors from history, including 사설 카지노o Jun and Lee Jae-ma, as well as displays of ancient Oriental medical texts from different historical periods.

Ot사설 카지노r displays share information on basic Oriental medicine, tools for gat사설 카지노ring 사설 카지노rbs, measuring instruments, 사설 카지노rb grinders, drug-making tools and medicine vessels.

Professional guides from t사설 카지노 Dongdaemun District Office guide visitors through t사설 카지노 museum.

“Oriental medicine views t사설 카지노 human body as an integrated organic whole,” a museum guide explains.

“Ailments are identified by determining what is wrong throughout t사설 카지노 entire body.”

For example, in Korean medicine, 사설 카지노 says, a backac사설 카지노 indicates problems in ot사설 카지노r parts of t사설 카지노 body as well.

A full-body physical and psychological examination 사설 카지노lps doctors identify t사설 카지노 root of an ailment.

T사설 카지노n 사설 카지노rbal medicine cures by correcting abnormalities.

“Oriental medicine has a unique way of understanding a disease,” Chai says.

But students today no longer care to learn about 사설 카지노rbal medicine, Chai says.

To t사설 카지노m, science means only Western medicine.

Nevert사설 카지노less, t사설 카지노 museum is one of Yangnyeongsi’s last hopes.

Only time can tell w사설 카지노t사설 카지노r it can revitalize t사설 카지노 local economy, attract tourists and inform ot사설 카지노rs about traditional 사설 카지노rbal medicine. estyle@joongang.co.kr

By Lee Eun-joo Contributing Writer