Osteoporosis, literally “porous bone,” is often called a silent disease because many people do not realize they have it until they break a bone. One in three women and one in five men over 50 will suffer a broken bone due to osteoporosis, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation.
Treatments used by Western medicine to treat osteoporosis often cause undesirable side effects. There may be an alternative, however. In recent years, research by experts in traditional Korean medicine has shown that herbal medicine can treat osteoporosis safely and effectively, without the side effects of Western treatments.
