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Diet & BeautyClinic Information

DOCTORS

Medical Team Introduction

A married team of Korean medicine doctors from a fourth-generation herbal medicine family provides one-on-one care

The Diet & Beauty Clinic is led by Dr. Seungwon Baek, Director, a certified Korean medicine doctor in Korean medicine obesity treatment, and the Hoechundang medical team provides collaborative care.

Medical Team Introduction
Dr. Seungwon Baek, Director

Women's HealthDiet & BeautyPediatricsFacial PalsyPain · Traffic Accidents

01PROFILE

Dr. Seungwon Baek, Director

A Korean medicine doctor couple from Hoechundang, a fourth-generation herbal medicine family · Certified Korean medicine doctor in Korean medicine obesity treatment

Specialized Clinics

  • Diet & Beauty Clinic — Diet, localized obesity (diet electroacupuncture, Wild Ginseng Obesity Pharmacopuncture), Jeongan Facial Acupuncture, thread embedding, facial asymmetry, lifting
  • Women’s Health Clinic — Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, uterine fibroids, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, infertility, Post-Miscarriage Recovery Care, Postpartum Restorative Herbal Medicine, and more
  • Pediatrics Clinic — Growth, rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, precocious puberty
  • Pain · Traffic Accidents Clinic

Education & Training

  • Entered Sangji University College of Korean Medicine as the top-ranked student and graduated as salutatorian (6-year full-tuition top excellence scholarship recipient)
  • Sangji University College of Korean Medicine faculty privilege
  • Master’s program in Clinical Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
  • Completed general internship at Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong
  • Residency program in the Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong (Facial Palsy Center · Spine and Joint Center)
  • First author of an SCI-level paper on women’s diseases

Training & Activities

  • Training program at the Diagnostic and Biofunctional Medicine Laboratory, Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong
  • Completed multiple clinical special lectures by the Seoul Korean Medicine Association, including “Use of CO2 lasers, focused ultrasound, and radiofrequency aesthetic medical devices”
  • Regular member of the Society of Korean Medicine for Obesity Research; certified Korean medicine doctor in Korean medicine obesity treatment
  • Appointed school doctor by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education — Sacred Heart Girls’ Middle School
  • Completed the specialist course in iris constitutional medicine at the Korean Society of Iris and Genetic Constitution Medicine (iris medicine specialist)
  • Completed the AKMCD Clinical Dermatology Program of the Association of Korean Medicine Clinical Dermatology
  • Completed the U.S. Registered Aromatherapist qualification (Aromatherapy Registration Council, ARC)
  • Regular member of the Korean Integrative Laser Medicine Association

SCI(E)-Level Paper

  • Relationship between Tongue Temperature Estimated by Infrared Thermography, Tongue Color, and Cold-Heat Pathological Patterns: A Retrospective Chart Review Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018 (first author)

Consultation Hours

  • Tue·Wed 09:30–19:30
  • Fri 09:30–18:30
  • Closed Mon·Thu
  • Sat, 2nd and 4th weeks 09:30–13:30 (open without a lunch break)
  • Weekday lunch break 13:30–14:30

02DOCTORS

Hoechundang Medical Team Providing Care Together

Our family medical team collaborates in care. Each director’s full profile is available in our clinic’s Medical Team Introduction.

  • Dr. Seungwon Baek, Director

    4th-Generation Married Korean Medicine Doctors · First Author of an SCI-Level Paper on Women’s Health

    Dr. Seungwon Baek, Director

    • Entered Sangji University College of Korean Medicine at the top of the class · Graduated salutatorian
    • Master’s Program in Clinical Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
    • Specialist Training Program, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine (Facial Palsy Center · Spine and Joint Center), Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong
    • Certified Korean Medicine Doctor in Korean Medicine Obesity Treatment

    Women's HealthDiet & BeautyPediatricsFacial PalsyPain · Traffic Accidents

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  • Dr. Bongha Ryu, Honorary Director

    Presidential Physician · Twice Served as Director of Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital

    Dr. Bongha Ryu, Honorary Director

    • PhD in Korean Medicine Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
    • Head Professor of Gastroenterology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University
    • Twice Served as Director of Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital, Kyung Hee Medical Center
    • Former Presidential Physician for President Lee Myung-bak

    Digestive SystemRespiratory SystemFatigue · Tonic Herbal Medicine

  • Dr. Hansung Ryu, Chief Director

    4th-Generation Korean Medicine Doctor · Korean Medicine Internal Medicine Specialist

    Dr. Hansung Ryu, Chief Director

    • Specialist Training, Korean Medicine Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong
    • Training at a Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospital (Joslin Diabetes Center)
    • Training at the Block Center (Integrative Cancer Center, USA)
    • Researcher in the Development of Korean Medicine Standard Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cancer Symptom Relief

    SkinDigestive SystemDiabetes · MetabolismConstitutional Immunity & CancerPain · Traffic Accidents

CONSULTATION

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We check your current condition with a constitution test and design a 1:1 program for you.

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  • Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu09:30 – 19:30
  • Fri09:30 – 18:30
  • Sat09:30 – 14:30 (open without a lunch break)
  • LunchWeekdays 13:30 – 14:30

Founded as the Hoechundang herbal pharmacy in 1904,
we have treated the stomach as the root of health for four generations.

Clinic hours

  • Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu09:30 – 19:30
  • Fri09:30 – 18:30
  • Sat09:30 – 14:30 (open without a lunch break)
  • LunchWeekdays 13:30 – 14:30

Clinic days vary by doctor. Please call before your visit to confirm.

Location

Suite 209, 2F, Building A, Raemian Yongsan The Central, 95 Hangang-daero, Yongsan-gu, SeoulAbout 300 m from Exit 1 of Yongsan Station (toward Yongsan E-Mart · I’Park Mall)