Pusan National University

Korean Medicine Hospital

About PNUKH

This 8-storey building, 2 of which are underground, is the home of

the affiliated Korean Medicine Hospital, which has 200 beds and is

equipped with high-technology facilities and the best medical teams.

The cooperative center and clinic departments will make our hospital

a model for the cooperative practice of Korean and Western medicine.

MISSIONCreation Neo-Medicine through Integration

between Korean medicine and Western medicine

VISION-A hospital you can trust, providing the highest level of healthcare.

-The leading hospital in biomedical research.

-A hospital encouraging staff innovation

Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea

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Hospital site165,000㎡

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Center/Clinic Introduction

Respiratory/Circulatory clinic | Endocrine/kidney clinics

Gastrointestinal clinic | Pediatric & Teen Clinic

Mental-Physical Medicine Clinic | Women’s Medical Clinic

constitution improvement clinics | Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and

Dermatology clinic | The pain clinic

Korean Medicine Rehabilitation Clinic | Squela Clinic

Facial Disorder Clinic | Obesity Clinic | Dementia Clinic | Sleepdisorder Clinic

3centeres

15clinics

Internal Injury Center

Stroke/Brain disease center

A Spine - Joint Center

Internal medicine center specialized in diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases with the view of Korean medicine.

The center consists of Pulmonology/Cardiology Clinic, Gastroenterology Clinic, Endocrinology/Kidney Clinic, and we diagnose and

treat the diseases that is hard to be treated only with modern medicine and can be treated through the cooperations between

Korean and modern medicine

Internal medicine center

Stroke is the disease that early treatment can reduce the severity of symptoms and increase the recovery rate.

At the early stage of stroke, the quick diagnosis with Brain CT or brain MRI and intensive care is important. At the recovery

stage after acute phase, it is important to make every effort not to leave aftereffect of stroke.

In Pusan National University Korean Hospital, herbal medicine, acupuncture therapy, electric acupuncture, korean exercise

therapy, TENS, interference therapy, constitutional remedies are carried out with Modern conventional medical drugs. In

doing so, We are doing our best to achieve two goals that optimizing the heath of the human body korean medically, and

minimizing side effects.

Stroke/Brain disease center

The vertebral column provides the body's basic structural support and also protects the spinal cord and the joint provides the

various body movement.

With age, degenerative changes leads to age-related diseases such as herniated disc disease of spine, spinal stenosis,

spondylosis, facet joint syndrome and acute/chronic arthritis.

Chronic pain combined with degenerative change is difficult to be adequately treated.

This department provide physical therapies, various types of acupuncture(Joseon acupuncture, constitutional acupuncture,

bee-venom acupuncture, embedding acupuncture, herbal acupuncture, hand acupuncture, scalp acupuncture,

electroacupuncture, fire needle acupuncture and so on), chuna, taping therapy, moxibustion, cupping and herbal medicine

according to individual conditions.

A Spine - Joint Center

Heart and lungs are responsible for respiration and blood circulation in the body and so play key role in maintaining our health.In modern society, diseases of the respiratory and circulatory system are being more important problem due to population aging, various environmental pollution, stress.In respiratory-circulatory clinic, we evaluate patient’s respiratory, circulatory function and Enforce korean medical diagnosis and treatment by performing Cardiography, Heart Rate Variability, Ryodoraku test, Pulmonary function tests,Our clinic treats, cares heart disease and lung disease like Angina pectoris, arrhythmia, asthma, common cold, COPD, diffuse interstitial lung disease, hyperhidrosis, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, peripheral circulatory disorders and more various circulation disorders by autonomic ataxia.

Respiratory/Circulatory clinic

Endocrine/kidney clinicsIn korean medicine, Genitourinary system is considered to be hosted by kidney and Genitourinary diseases are classified as kidney, bladder and reproductive organs. Our clinic deals with kidney disease, urinary tract disorders, dysuria, urinary incontinence, prostate diseases, male sexual dysfunction, sexually transmitted disease and so on.We also care Hypothalamic-based gastrointestinal, reproductive, growth and development disorders, thyroid dysfunction, gonadal dysfunction, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome by korean medical diagnosis, examination, treatment and regimen.

Gastrointestinal clinic treats disease associated with Oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, intestine, rectum and pancreas, liver,

gallbladder which foods pass and are digested, absorbed.

Especially we aim to evaluate and treat fundamentally functional disorders like GERD, IBS, functional dyspepsia which

showed no special problems by endoscopy through the examination

We also treat chronic liver diseases such as hepatitis and Fatty liver, digestive tumors, loss of appetite caused by digestive

and liver dysfunction, weight loss, chronic fatigue.

Gastrointestinal clinic

Pediatric & Teen ClinicIn the Mirror of Eastern Medicine(Dongui Bogam), there is an old saying that goes, "Treating 10 men is easier than treating one woman, and treating 10 women is easier than treating one child." This is because it is difficult to ask the symptoms of children and hard to take their pulses, thus making the treatment more difficult. This is why specialized care for children is required.We offers widely recognized programs for the comprehensive care of several chronic illnesses, including rhinitis, empyema, anorexia, atopic dermatitis, seizure, enuresis, autism, developmental disorder, hyperactivity disorder and failure to thrive andalso provides comprehensive services to assess children's development and school achievement.

In Korean medicine, unlike Western medicine, we do not see separately the discomfort of the mind and body. Healthy mental occurs in healthy body, and Healthy mental can protect healthy body. The human body and spirit, has given a lot of influence on each other.Due to the complexity and rapid changes in modern society, people are suffering from severe stress and feel a lot of anxiety. Thereby, stress-related disease(such as depression, insomnia, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder) has become an increasingly important issue. And, The aging of the population, Neurologic disease(such as dementia, amnesia, tremor disorders) is also increasing.In Mental-Physical Medicine Clinic, Heart Rate Variability(HRV), Ryodoraku Objectives (Accupoints reaction test), Pulse wave examination(3D-MAC), Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging, Electroencephalogram, and various psychological tests for stress-related disease, to assess the extent and cognitive and psychological state of the patient's stress, make together a treatment and psychological therapy and Korean medicine diagnosis.Mental-Physical Medicine Clinic, focused on neurological diseases and mental illnesses. And this clinic treat and manage over memory impairment(dementia, amnesia), hwa-byung, tremor disorders(essential tremor, epilepsy), mood disorders(depression, bipolar disorder), insomnia, anxiety disorder(Panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder), schizophrenia, and a variety of neuropsychiatric dysfunction.

Mental-Physical Medicine Clinic

Women’s Health ClinicWe professionally treated the gynecological disease taking consideration of the structural, functional, emotional, social andcultural characteristics, seperated with Male, which female specifically featuredIn addition, We focus on individual health management adjusted for each age and situation, puberty, fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, perimenopause, menopause and post-surgery, etc.Ultimately, The aim of Clinic is to contribute to improve the quality of woman's life. throughout the women's health care

Sasang Constitutional Medicine has the constitutional system of personalized medicine by describing the physiological and

pathological diagnosis, treatment, pharmacology to classify people into four constitutions: Soeumin, soyangin, taeeumin,

taeyangin.

Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine is oriented life-long primary care system through a comprehensive disease

management ranging from the treatment, prevention, health care of the disease by providing a personalized therapy for

individual constitutional characteristics of the patient.

Constitution improvement clinics

Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Dermatology clinic

A Specialized clinic called the department of korean medicine surgery give medical treatment Sensory organs of the human body(eyes, ears, nose, mouth, pharynx, skin) and Surgery(abscess, incisions, sutures etc.)Specialized care Ophthalmic diseases (dry eye, eye fatigue, inflammatory diseases, allergies, retinal disease)otology disorders (tinnitus, hearing loss, ear infections, dizziness)nasal disease (acute chronic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, etc.)Oral throat diseases (tonsillitis, sore throat, vocal cords disorders, dysphagia, stomatitis, gingivitis)Common skin diseases (warts, alopecia, athlete's foot, itchy skin, eczema, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, psoriasis, herpes zoster, burns, frostbite)Skin disorders (acne, pigmentation disorders, vitiligo)Cosmetic diseases (wrinkle removal, breast augmentation)Ispection guideOphthalmic clinic: slit lamp examination, fundus examination, refraction and visual inspection etc.Otorhinolaryngology clinic: dizziness test, hearing test, ENT endoscopy etc.Skin Clinic: Skin inspection, Hair inspection, microscopy etc.

The pain clinic specializes in treatment of the pain caused by spine and various joints, and peripheral neuropathy.

Our clinic is organized with fully experienced staffs about cervical disc hernia, myelosis, lumbar disc hernia, spinal stenosis,

spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis.

The conservative treatments including acupuncture, physical therapy, herbal medicine are recommended for the herniated

disc disease of cervical or lumbar spine, prior to the surgery.

For post-operative care, we provides the conservative treatment such as acupuncture, moxibustion and herb therapy in

order to reduce the risk of recurrence.

Korean medicine can help reduce pain and improve disability related various joint diseases including spine.

The pain clinic

Korean Medicine Rehabilitation Clinic

Korean Medicine Rehabilitation Clinic provide professional and comprehensive rehabilitation program for

patients which have paralysis, motor disturbance, dysesthesia, sensory disturbance, Bone fracture,

dislocation of joints, sports injury. We’ll do our best to prevent the potentially preventable complications

and provide rehabilitation program in order to make patients return their daily lives.

By organizing professional team, we suggest the korean medical treatment program according to patient's

condition and keep managing the individual patients through the periodic evaluate.

Car Accidents and Injuries(spinal cord injury, brain damage, neural damage, joint damage), Industrial

accident accompany with physical, nerve system problems. There were many long-lasting symptoms like

headache, nausea, insomnia, muscle pain caused by micro-damage that being not found in general tests.

It says breaking out ‘어혈(clotted blood)’ in Korean medicine, we organize the systematical and various

program with Korean medicine doctor speciallist include department of Korean rehabilitation medicine to

check cause of symptoms and help for minimizing Squelae.

Post-accident Squela Clinic

Facial palsy ClinicThis clinic has been dealing with patients with facial disorders such as facial palsy, hemifacial spasm,

blephalospasm, trigeminal neuralgia, Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, idiopathic facial neuralgia, and ptosis. The

clinic offers medical services acupuncture and medication treatments. As well as it enhances the

therapeutic effect of facial paralysis sequelae, facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia through thread

embedding therapy.

Specialized care

: facial paralysis, facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, Ramsay-Hunt syndrome

Ispection guide

DITI(Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging), autonomic test, Pulse wave examination

In Obesity clinic, we can help the patients to get proper treatment by various diagnosis system (constitution,

cause, type) to regulate of body weight.

By normalizing the function of body’s metabolism, it accelerate breaking down fats by put up dropped

energy, interact meridian system and ki-blood. Also by controlling appetite, you can take good care of the

way you looks without no squelae, adverse effects

Obesity Clinic

Please make a reservation for each of the medical check-up courses in advance and check your physical condition.

The goal of the Traditional Korean Medical Check-up Center is for patient to manage the subhealth problems and promote good

health through the Biofunctional medical checkup program.

“Mi-Byeong(Sub-health Status)” can be defined as a state characterized by some disturbances in psychological behaviors or

physical characteristics, or in some indices of medical examination, with no typical pathologic features. It is considered as a

therapeutic working concept which defines an intermediate stage between health and disease, which is not quite either status.

Human persons who are sub-healthy have any of a range of uncomfortable symptoms but without any obvious and diagnosable

illnesses which can be identified through standard medical observation methods. It has been reported from WHO that there are

more than 70 percent people in the world are in subhealth status. Therefore, before the disease has progressed, regular health

check up and optimal intervention of subhealth problems is necessary for disease prevention and health promotion.

Traditional Korean Medical Diagnostic Center

Safe-Effective system of PNU Korean Medicine Hospital

- We use only high quality medical herbs provided by company with ISO 9001, ISO 14001,

and HACCP certification.

-We introduced special boiling system which enhances more extraction of effective

ingredients .

-This hospital is fully equipped with superb facilities for transformation of medical herbs and

urgent boiling for inpatients.

Herbal Medicine:S-E System

Acquired the certification

from Ministry of Health and

Welfare(2019.03.09)

Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital is the first, largest national koreanmedical center

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