Available online 2020-06-30, published 2020-06-30, Korean Herb. Med. Inf. 2020;24(1)

미병의 의학적 개념 정립을 위해 고려해야 할 주제들

Medical issues to consider for establishing the concept of Mibyeong

Abstract
Objectives
Mibyeong is an ideological concept that means the state between the healthy and diseased conditions. The
purpose of this study was to suggest a research direction to establish the diagnostic criteria for the
Mibyeong by reviewing the research results for the Mibyeong.
Methods
Academic databases (OASIS for Korean database, Embase for English database, and CNKI for Chinese
database) were used to search related literatures, and articles describing the concept or diagnostic criteria
of the disease were selected.
Results
The concept of Mibyeong consisted of three different conditions: (1) subjective symptoms without a
specific disease, (2) abnom1al examination findings without a specific disease, and (3) a state in between
health and disease. No matter which of the three conditions is applied, the spectrnm of condition was
very wide and diverse.
Conclusions
It is impossible to apply appropriate and monolithic diagnostic criteria to all types of Mibyeong.
Therefore, we suggests that the Mibyeong be classified into several subtypes and the diagnostic criteria
suitable for each type be established.

Keyword: Mibyeong, subhealth, diagnostic criteria, definition, subtype.

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