SBS knowledge and health variety show "Three Perspectives" sheds light on how modern people's clogged airways lead to aging and systemic collapse from disease, and reveals the key secrets to maintaining the survival rhythm called "breath."
On the 11th at 8:35 a.m., SBS "Three Perspectives" will, with MCs Kim Seok-hoon and So Seul-ji, science writer Kwak Jae-sik, docent Rhee Chang-yong, oriental medicine doctor Jo Eun-hye, and otorhinolaryngology specialist Yang Seung-chan, pursue the survival rhythm of modern people's "breath" and probe, from the three perspectives of history, science and medicine, ways to protect whole-body health.
The nose is both a breathing organ and the front line of immunity, but modern people tend to take nasal congestion, runny nose and rhinitis lightly and leave them untreated. When a case was introduced in which someone misidentified a runny nose as a simple cold and was later diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer and died, MC Kim Seok-hoon could not hide his sorrow, saying, "It is so shocking that a simple symptom can be a sign that takes a life." In fact, one in five adults in Korea experiences allergic rhinitis. Docent Rhee Chang-yong offers an intriguing hypothesis, saying, "There is even a joke that Dangun grandpa was a victim of 'real estate fraud,'" suggesting that geographic characteristics are a major reason Koreans find it hard to maintain "nose health."
The nose is the gateway that first receives outside air in our body and the starting point of immunity that filters toxins and pathogens. But when rhinitis becomes chronic, mouth breathing becomes habitual due to nasal congestion, which disrupts the balance of facial muscles and accelerates aging. More frightening is that inflammation pooled inside the nose that cannot drain can press around the eyes beyond the sinuses and even spread to the brain, causing a brain abscess. The studio is stunned by the fact that the moment the nose is blocked, the path to the brain can become contaminated.
Oriental medicine doctor Jo Eun-hye says, "In Donguibogam, the nose is described as 'the place where the spirit briefly rests,' that is, 'sinryeo (神閭),'" and introduces the herbal remedy for "nose health" that Heo Jun, the author of Donguibogam, discovered for the people. The identity of this "herb," which is said to be effective not only for the nose but also for controlling whole-body toxins and inflammation, is revealed on the broadcast. Otorhinolaryngology specialist Yang Seung-chan explains, "Runny nose, nasal congestion and inflammation that we take lightly can, if repeated, threaten the health of the brain and lungs," adding, "Restoring nose health is the first step to reviving whole-body health."
For modern people, the nose is no longer a trivial issue. Neglected rhinitis decreases quality of life and ultimately hastens aging and disease.
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