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Representative Director · KMD

Dr. Heo Ji-young

  • Autonomic nervous system
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Chronic pain
  • Intractable conditions
  • Thixotropic Chuna manual therapy
  • Post-traffic-accident care

A graduate of the College of Korean Medicine at Kyung Hee University, with master's and doctoral degrees in pathology — the mechanisms of disease — from its graduate school. Later served as a research professor in the university's Herbology department, studying medicinal substances. Studying both disease and medicine from both sides is the foundation of this practice: explaining "why a given medicine works for a given illness" in the language of both pathology and pharmacology.

Explains autonomic, chronic, and intractable conditions — and structural problems of the body — in the language of modern science, and proposes treatment matched to the cause. Has taught prescribing and clinical practice to Korean medicine doctors for over ten years, and is a co-author of "Korean Medicine, Explained by Korean Medicine Doctors," selected for the 2018 Sejong Books list (general category).

Education

  • College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
  • M.S. and Ph.D. in Korean Medicine Pathology, Kyung Hee University Graduate School

Career & Activities

  • Author, “Korean Medicine Through the Eyes of Science” (2026, published in Korean)
  • Former Research Professor, Department of Herbology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University — research on medicinal substances
  • Former Head of Lectures at a Korean medicine academic society — over ten years of prescribing and clinical lectures for Korean medicine doctors
  • Co-author, “Korean Medicine, Explained by Korean Medicine Doctors” — selected for the 2018 Sejong Books list, general category (one of 15 titles in science and technology)
  • Attended the 10th ISO/TC249 Plenary Meeting (June 2019, Bangkok, Thailand)
  • Former Representative Director, Kyunghee Meerae Korean Medicine Clinic Network
  • Former advisory doctor, Maeil Business TV health program
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