DOHA: The South Korean embassy, in cooperation with Medical Services Center of Qatar Armed Forces, is hosting a delegation from Korea Pharmacopuncture Institute (KPI).
The delegation, led by Dr Ki Rok Kwon, President, KPI and Good Doctors Philanthropy Association, comprises 10 members, including six doctors, of whom two women, will be in Qatar until tomorrow.
The visit aims to introduce oriental medicine treatments, particularly pharmacopuncture.
The team with meet officials and demonstrate the treatment at the embassy for the Korean community.
Pharmacopuncture is a therapy derived from the conjunction of herbal medicine and traditional acupuncture therapy.
Herbal medicine is injected into acupoints of the body to stimulate specific parts for treatment.
It is one of the most advanced traditional Korean therapies and has been developed based on studies on traditional oriental medicine areas such as meridians and acupoints, acupuncture and moxibustion, herbology and herbal formulas. Pharmacopuncture may be applied once or several times, depending on treatment and provides long-lasting efficiency through the stimulation of meridian points.The Peninsula
