Journal of Haehwa Medicine (혜화의학회지)

Research Institute of Korean Medicine (대전대학교 한의학연구소)
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The Literature Review on the Dementia during the Ming and Qing era

명청대(明淸代)의 치매에 대한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察)

  • Bae, Jai Yong (Dept. of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University) ;
  • Jung, In Chul (Dept. of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University) ;
  • Lee, Sang Ryong (Dept. of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University)
  • 배재용 (대전대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 정인철 (대전대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 이상룡 (대전대학교 한의과대학 신경정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2004.05.15
  • Published : 2004.06.30
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Abstract

These days as the average span of man's life increases, the patients of senile dementia also increase. In oriental medicine, the study of dementia developed during the Ming and Qing eras. So I investigated medical books on those eras, as a result, the following conclusion was drawn. 1. ZhangJingYue of the Ming era considered the cause of dementia to be emotional problems, he observed a delirium, abnormal actions, sweating loss and depression in the dementia patients and he prescribed 'BokManJeon', 'ChilBokYem' and 'DaeBoWonJeon'. 2. ChenShiZe of the Ming&Qing era considered the cause of dementia to be a dejection of liver energy, a weakness of stomach energy and phlegm, he described many symptoms and he prescribed 'SeSimTang' and 'ChukBoSunDan'. 3. WangQingRen of the Qing era considered amnesia caused by abnormal brain function, this fact is similar to Western Medicine.

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