[Book & Life]
"Acupuncture Rivals" Kyoungjae Lee & Soonae Kwak both release books


 "The secret key to your health lies in your hands", "But it also lies in your ears too!"

Soonae Kwak(aged 48) is running "Soonae Kwak Hand Acupuncture Research Center" in Nonhyundong(Kangnamgu, Seoul). She has been an expert of hand acupuncture for 15 years, spreading the word to the world for 15 years through channels like CNN. Kyoungjae Lee(aged 33) is a young chinese medical doctor who, being a man of wit, woke up one day to find himself famous after his appearance on TV show "Sunday, Sunday Evening"(he mercilessly 'attacked' the co-host comedian Kyoungkyu Lee on the show).

These two are both evangelists of acupuncture; recently, they have released books on hand and ear acupuncture separately - "30 Minutes of Scientific Hand Acupuncture That Keeps You Healthy"(published by Nexus Books), and "Ear Acupuncture Stories Told By Kyoungjae Lee, The Marvelous Doctor"(published by Kimyoungsa).

Hand acupuncture and ear acupuncture are definitely different from each other, but they share some common aspects. Contrary to the western medicine which directly treat the diseased part, they both stimulate a body part which is remote from the diseased part in order to cure the disease. They are reasonably easy to learn and practice, compared to other acupuncture therapies which requires an expertise to do the same. Considering their great efficiency, they attractively lack any undesirable side effects.

In order to make the books more useful, both books carry case-by-case remedies that can be easily used at home. They also come with detailed diagrams and the actual instruments.

Reporter Taehun Kim / scoop87@chosun.com