• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.546-550
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• 2012

Recently, in medical research, preventive medicine is the focus of attention. It is caused by many people take more interest in preventive care, rather than treat or cure a disease. In oriental medicine, "mibyung" is a similar to preventive care, the purpose is preventing illness and preserving health. For the further study on mibyung, we analyzed the previous research on mibyung with network analysis.

• Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.77-89
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• 2019

Objectives : In this study, We overviewed study trend on 'Mibyung' by analyzing articles published in Korea from 1997 to 2019. Methods : We collected research articles on 'Mibyung' from 7 Korean research databases using the keyword '미병' and '아건강'. Then we analyzed them by publish year, journal, and research subjects. Research subjects were categorized into 'diagnosis', 'relationship with other factors', 'trend', 'concept', 'application development', 'policy research', 'prevalence and recognition', 'clinical report' or 'animal study'. Results & Conclusions : The largest number of related articles was published in 2017(12 articles, 26.7%). 'Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine' was the journal with the most published articles(16 articles, 35.6%). Most of the research subjects were about diagnosis(11 articles, 24.4%) and analysis on relationship with other factors(10 articles, 22.2%). Little were published on policy(4 articles, 8.9%) and clinical study(1 article, 2.2%). More research on policy and clinical trials should be implemented for future mibyung study.