Uiwang City DreamStart Operates Traditional Korean Medicine Program for Children Using Winter-Disease-Summer-Treatment Method

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City's DreamStart, with support from Hamsoa Korean Medicine Clinic and Hamsoa Pharmaceutical, will implement a 'winter-disease-summer-treatment (冬病夏治)' program targeting DreamStart children starting from the 14th.

'Winter-disease-summer-treatment' refers to preventively treating winter diseases caused by cold energy during the summer season. It is a traditional Korean medicine therapy that manages immune function in children suffering from frequent respiratory ailments such as colds, rhinitis, and asthma.

The program has been conducting free mobile medical consultations for the eighth consecutive year with support from Hamsoa Korean Medicine Clinic's Pyeongchon branch, providing children with sambok (triple-heat) patches and a 10-day supply of fresh ginger tea made by decocting ophiopogon, schisandra, and ginseng.

The target children for the program were selected by DreamStart integrated case managers, identifying 27 children with weak constitutions—those who perspire heavily and those prone to catching colds in winter. The program is scheduled to take place in three sessions around the initial, middle, and final periods of the hot season through August 11.

Uiwang Mayor Kim Sang-don stated, "I am grateful to Hamsoa Korean Medicine Clinic for providing free mobile medical consultations annually for DreamStart children," and added, "I hope that through this program, children will build immunity against COVID-19 and prevent winter respiratory diseases, allowing them to grow with healthy bodies and minds to pursue their dreams freely."