Study on the relationship between Lee Kyujoon's Shimqi Philosophy and Buyang theory

이규준(李圭晙)의 심기철학(心氣哲學)과 부양론(扶陽論)의 연관성 연구 -"석곡심서(石谷心書)"와 부양론(扶陽論)을 중심으로-

This paper is the research on the relationship between Lee Kyujoon(李圭晙)'s Shimqi(心氣) Philosophy and medical theory of Buyang(扶陽). Lee Kyujoon is the philosopher and medical doctor in the late Chosun Dynasty. His philosophical hypothesis is that the cosmos constitutes of the only entity, Qi(氣) and Medically, human body is also made of the only one entity, or Qi. The Qi of the body comes from Shim (心:heart). So, Encouraging the Qi(扶陽) of heart is the most critical in maintaining life. He is favorably used to prescribe the medications full of the herbs boosting the ShimYang(心陽) of body. In conclusion, his Shimqi(心氣) Philosophy and Buyang(扶陽) theory is the twins of one Shimqi(心氣) monism.