Yoshimasu Todo[吉益東洞]'s medical theory extracted from ${\ulcorner}$Yakjing(藥徵)${\lrcorner}$ II -Yoshimasu Todo's thoughts of medicines-

"약징(藥徵)"을 통해 본 길익동동(吉益東洞)의 의학사상 연구 II -길익동동의 약물관-

  • Lee, Jeong-Hwan (Dept. of Oriental Medical Classics, college of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Baik, You-Sang (Dept. of Oriental Medical Classics, college of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Jeong, Chang-Hyun (Dept. of Oriental Medical Classics, college of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University)
  • 이정환 (경희대학교 한의과대학 원전학교실) ;
  • 백유상 (경희대학교 한의과대학 원전학교실) ;
  • 정창현 (경희대학교 한의과대학 원전학교실)
  • Published : 2006.02.28

Abstract

This study is on Yoshimasu Todo's thought of medicines. Conclusions are as below. Medicines are poisons. Therefore, they don't have the ability to restore the vital energy. Medicine-processing(法製) can only be done for doubling the toxicity, since the poison itself is the very effect of a medicine. One poison has an ability to treat only one main symptom. If the poison strikes the main symptom right, it doesn't harm the human body. Since warm-heat-cool-cold(溫熱凉寒) of a medicine can't be known by human ability, it can't be used as the standard of judgment when selecting a medicine.

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