
< Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University>
If your child…
Is fatigued in the mornings,
Does not want to go to the school
And has difficulty in concentrating.
Your child desperately needs helping hands. Do not look away SOS from your child and get and appropriate Korean medical treatment, child will be back in shape and improve learning ability.
Physical symptoms that patients complain are headaches, dizziness, loss of appetite, indigestion, sleeping difficulty, and unpleasant feeling when wake up. Plus, because of stress for friendship, child may have a difficulty in adapting his/her school life.
There are four requirements for the successful school life;
Physical health
Concentration (for focusing studying)
Social ability (for good relations with friends and teachers)
Emotional stability (for no depression and anxiety and for ability to overcome stress)
Lack of any of these can cause the difficulty of school life.
☯ New semester syndrome
Since child adjusts to the new surroundings at new term or new school year, stress persists and various disorders occur simultaneously. Leaving child like this may cause decrease in brain activity, in concentration and memory. Also, interest, desire and efficiency for studying can be decreased. Consequently, it causes poor result.
- How to overcome new semester syndrome
· Make a regular lifestyle
Before one to two weeks of opening a semester, try to live a well-regulated life to correct lazy lifestyle during a vacation.
· Positive encouragement & compliment
Important to instill positive cognition about school (ex. “Teacher is a good person.”, “School is an interesting place)
· Make a body healthy and strong
The healthy and strong child is well-adjusted to the school. Therefore, if a child has a disorder, get advance treatment
during a vacation.
☯ Test-taker syndrome
Students may suffer from low immunity, anxiety, tension due to the frequent competition with tests or parents’ expectation. In this case, symptoms can occur on the weak spot of the body. (If student has weak digestion organs, he/she may suffer from stomachache, indigestion etc. ) Each student needs personalized health care.
- Test taker self-test
Question |
Never |
Sometimes |
Often |
Usually |
1. Cannot focus, decrease in memory |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2. Always get tired, have no energy |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3. Easily get annoyed |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4. have a heavy feeling in the head |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5. Have no appetite, indigestion |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6. Have gas in stomach, diarrhea or constipation |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7. Get pimple on the face |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8. Neck and shoulder are stiff |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
9. Irregular period, severe cramps |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
10. Difficulty in having sound sleep |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
11. Eyes get tired easily |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
* If a total score is over 15, you need a proper treatment.
☯ Allergic diseases in childhood and adolescent
Allergy occurs because of various reasons such as inheritance, eating habit, lifestyle, season and stress. Especially, if allergic symptom first appears in adolescence or symptom is getting worse, stress may be the main reason. All of children with symptoms , for instance running nose, nasal congestion, itching skin, inflamed and itching eye, need to be received an active therapy.
☯ Korean medical treatment
- Korean medical medicines –
“ChongMyeongTang” recorded on 『Donguibogam』 (Korean medical encyclopedia) as medicine for treating forgetfulness helps to improve brain activity and memory. “ChongMyeongTang” gets rid of physical and mental stress, sets mind at rest and treats hyperactivity.
- Acupuncture therapy –
Apply acupuncture to keep the balance and improve the energy and blood flow. Also, neck pain and back pain caused by long term of sitting could be cured by acupuncture therapy.
- Counseling therapy –
Understand child’s state of mind through psychological test. Figure out what the causes of stresses are and resolve the problem.
☯ Herbal medicine that is easy to take
- GongJinDan, called ‘emperor’s restorative’ –
· Strengthen concentration by improving energy of brain and heart.
· Main ingredients: musk, deer antlers
· Effect: fatigue recovery, improve immunity
· Easy to take
- KyeongOkGo, only ancient royal and noble man could take –
· Main ingredients: ginseng, poria cocos, foxglove, honey
· Effect: strengthen the stomach function and immunity. Improve energy and blood circulation.
· Sweet honey in KyeongOkGo, so infant also can take.
- MokHyangGonJinDan, less expensive version of GonJinDan-
· Use elecampane that is inexpensive than musk.
· Effect: relieve stress, strengthen physical ability, overcome stress, and improve memory