Introduction _ There is no one in the world who is sick, and there is no one who is not sick.

Part 1: I learned everything I needed to know as a herbalist at Bangtaesan.

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There are no fatal diseases in the world, only fatal actions.
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If you want to cure an illness, you must first empty your mind.
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Treating the first customer at the herbal medicine shop by accident
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There's something special about Sungnyung
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Meditation and breathing exercises
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A healthy home leads to healthy people.
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Hope and courage are the beginning of healing from incurable diseases.

Part 2: There is no disease that cannot be cured.

Chapter 1 Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, and Liver Cancer
Chapter 2 Kidney Disease
Chapter 3 Obesity, Blood Pressure, and Diabetes
Chapter 4 Lung Disease
Chapter 5 Diseases of the stomach, esophagus, biliary tract, and colon
Chapter 6 Brain Disease
Chapter 7 Skin Diseases
Chapter 8 Menopausal Disorders, Sexual Dysfunction
Chapter 9: Diseases of the Reproductive Organs
Chapter 10: Eyes, Nose, Ears, and Teeth

Part 3: A Word to Those Who Fight Death

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Treatments that only seek comfort hasten death.
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To those who are sick without a diagnosis
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Live until you cry
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If you want to catch only the rat sitting on the kimchi pot
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Treasure in your mouth
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Homemade natural hexagonal water
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Wisdom to prevent sudden death
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The ritual that helped a paralyzed woman walk again

“The patient is the answer!”
The cause of the disease lies with the patient, and the power to overcome the disease also lies with the patient.

A health book that reads like an essay, full of wisdom and unique perspectives on life.

In 1983, in his mid-30s, the author passed the herbal medicine practitioner qualification exam and opened a herbal medicine shop in Hwajeon Village, Bangtaesan Mountain, between Inje and Hongcheon, Gangwon Province.
I had a desire to study oriental medicine while living with the people of Hwajeon Village in a pristine area where medicinal herbs are abundant.


However, what he actually encountered were residents who were exposed to various incurable diseases such as cancer and liver cirrhosis due to the indiscriminate use of pesticides and fertilizers.
The slash-and-burn farmers, who were thought to live healthier lives than anyone else, were already addicted to pesticides that had been used for a long time, and many of them were terminally ill with cancer or had limited lives.
The author spent 16 years there, treating the villagers as both patients and teachers, gaining practical experience in traditional Korean medicine. He then ran a traditional Korean medicine shop in the city, meeting countless patients over the past 40 years.

Having treated countless patients and helped them overcome their illnesses, the author has concluded that 'the answer lies with the patient.'
The cause of the disease, as well as the treatment method, must be sought from the patient, and the power to overcome the disease ultimately comes from the patient.


“Patients are like test questions.
The patient has the answer.
If you listen carefully to the patient's story, a treatment plan can be developed.
“The patient is the teacher.”

For this reason, rather than simply providing medical and health information, I believed that truly helping patients was to instill in them a strong will to overcome their illnesses on their own. Based on this idea, I wrote “If You Lie Down, You Die, If You Walk, You Live” (5 volumes) and “Bullet Ants” (5 volumes).
"How to Live Well Even When Sick" is a book that adds new horizons based on insights and learnings that were not realized when the previous works were published. It is a book that compiles the core of the healing philosophy realized during the clinical experience of treating numerous patients with incurable and difficult-to-treat diseases for over 40 years, and cases of healing for each disease.
The book is filled with unique and compelling perspectives on life and wisdom that the author has gained while treating patients, making it incredibly readable despite its thickness.
In addition, the author lists a right mindset along with food and exercise as the three major prescriptions for treating illness, which is in line with the so-called 'psychosomatic medicine' that the mind influences the body.

You can live well even if you are sick!
“Don’t live with illness, live with life.”

Even if a small bump appears on your body or you feel a slight discomfort in an area that was previously fine, you are bound to worry and be concerned that it may be a major health problem.
When you are diagnosed with a chronic disease such as high blood pressure or diabetes, or a disease that is considered incurable such as cancer, you may feel a sense of injustice about having to endure such suffering, and in severe cases, you may even feel a sense of despair as if your life is over.
However, the author says, “There is no one who is not sick, it is just a matter of degree.”
“I just want to be able to live my daily life without pain.
As long as it doesn't interfere with your life, it's fine.
“That person is not a patient, but a healthy person.”

“The human body coexists with various pathogens and survives by overcoming diseases.
The problem is not the disease, but how to deal with it and overcome it.
If you have high blood pressure or blood sugar, you can control your blood pressure and blood sugar levels by changing your lifestyle, eating habits, and mindset to a level that does not interfere with your daily life.
Even if you have cancer, you just need to be able to live your daily life without pain and without the cancer cells growing.”

In short, “You can live well even if you get sick.”
He emphasizes that as long as you do not lose hope and courage to overcome the illness, and as long as you have the will to live your life steadfastly without being swayed by the illness, you can overcome any illness.

“The patients I have met over the past 40 years are living proof of this.
The secret to their ability to overcome or coexist with illness is nothing special.
With the belief that I could treat my illness, I simply practiced lifestyle habits that would cure the root cause of my illness, such as walking a lot, drinking water properly, and breathing properly.
“It is a method that anyone can practice to overcome and manage illness.”

“If you walk a lot and purify your blood, you won’t get sick easily!”

This book presents prescriptions for curing various ailments, but the two most basic prescriptions are ‘movement’ and ‘purifying the blood.’
The author emphasizes that you should move as much as your body and mind allow, whether walking or running.
You must constantly move your body to avoid giving useless thoughts a chance to creep in, and you must engage in physical exercise and enjoyable mental work to ensure that both physical and mental energy circulate simultaneously.


“If you lie down because you are sick, even people who are not sick will get sick.
If you are in a situation where you absolutely cannot walk, you should at least move your upper body.
Both those who are not sick and those who are sick must move.
Newton's first law is the law of inertia.
An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion.
“It is the law of nature that if you do not move your body, it will stiffen and slowly die.”

The next important thing is to purify the blood, and he emphasizes that to purify the blood, you must drink good water.
The best water the author suggests is 'blackened sorghum as black as coffee'.
Drinking this soup called 'Hwata-style Soup Noodles' every day purifies the blood. This is because the carbon in the soup absorbs and expels excess nutrients and harmful substances in the blood.
In addition, the author provides simple and easy methods to cure diseases and improve the quality of life, such as 'Chuljangsik (出長息) breathing (breathing method that makes the exhalation longer than the inhalation), toe tapping, and energy circulation exercises.


Stories of people who overcame death
“Being diagnosed with an incurable disease doesn’t mean your life is over.”

This book is divided into three parts.

In Part 1, “I learned everything I needed to know as a herbalist from Mt. Bangtaesan,” the author explains the principles and philosophy of healing that he has learned through 40 years of clinical experience, as well as the habits and mindset that one should cultivate to maintain a healthy body and mind.
He points out that the beginning of treatment for any illness is to let go of greed and arrogance, explains how effective the breathing techniques of the sungnyung and chuchulsik can be, and emphasizes that any incurable illness can be cured if one has the hope and courage to get better.

Part 2, “There is no disease that cannot be cured,” explains the reasons for getting sick and the healing process by providing real-life examples of people overcoming various diseases, including liver disease, kidney disease, obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, metabolic diseases, lung disease, colon disease, brain disease, and sexual dysfunction.
It contains the stories of people who, despite suffering from terminal illnesses, worked hard to regain their health and find a new life, believing that "as long as there is life, there is hope."

Part 3, “A Word to Those Who Fight Death,” emphasizes that even diseases considered incurable, such as cancer, can be managed or overcome.
It explains what kind of mindset and attitude are needed to overcome such illnesses.
It tells us that it is difficult to treat illness with only medicine and surgery without constantly making an effort to move the body, that we must strive to live with all our might, and that if we are not a patient who will die immediately, we must treat the illness slowly with less toxic medicine.