When I was in 2nd grade in high school, I got a gastritis. As I'd heard that the Korean medicine is better than Western Medicine in an alimentary disease, I went to a Korean medical clinic. That was my first experience in Korean medicine. My first impression was that I could smell something like herb and there were drawers with herbs instead of bleak medical instruments.

"What's the matter?" the doctor asked. "I　have a stomach-ache and can't digest well" "Did you eat something in the morning?" "No." This was a plain question, but it was not the end. "Do you sweat much?" "Is your body hot or cold?" "What about are your lips...?" He even asked if I make a quick decision when I buy something. I couldn't understand why he asked all those questions and I was doubtful about his diagnosis

After these strange questions, he took my pulse and told me I had a problem in liver. In my biology class I've learned that liver does as many as hundreds of things. Then, what function was causing problems? I first mentioned this idea.

Then the doctor gave me four kinds of powdered herbs and said "You should take this and told me all the conditions about your body then I'll make the appropriate medicine for you.

It's quite funny that I now major in Korean medicine without any Eastern thoughts. My idea was like that of a foreigner complaining why foods don't come out in courses in a Korean traditional restaurant. I think that comes from a biased view about Western way of thoughts. And we should know about Eastern fundamental theory.

The basis of Korean Medicine is the holistic thinking in human body. Although the actual problem exists in the stomach, holistic thoughts make possible that the problem is connected to liver, which makes each treatment different. The reason why all treatments are different is because a person's condition take precedence over the name of a disease. That was why the doctor asked me many things to know my habits and from this, he wanted to make my own medicine.