The Originality of Acupuncture in Chosun Dynasty found in Introduction to Medicine

"의학입문(醫學入門)"을 통해 본 조선 침구학의 특성

  • Oh, Jun-Ho (Ministry of Unification, Settlement Support Center for North Korean Refugees(Hanawon)) ;
  • Kim, Nam-Il (Department of Medical History, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Cha, Wung-Seok (Department of Medical History, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University)
  • 오준호 (통일부 하나원) ;
  • 김남일 (경희대학교 한의과대학 의사학교실) ;
  • 차웅석 (경희대학교 한의과대학 의사학교실)
  • Received : 2009.02.20
  • Accepted : 2009.04.13
  • Published : 2009.04.30

Abstract

Objectives: Examine the difference of Chosun acupuncture from the acupuncture in Myung, Chung Dynasty Method: This paper examines the acupuncture mentioned in the classic of Introduction to Medicine For this, the special traits of Introduction to Medicine acupuncture was analyzed. Secondly, the research on the contents of Introduction to Medicine acupuncture quoted in the classic of Essential Rhymes of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Treasured Mirror of Eastern Medicine, and Experimental Prescriptions of Acupuncture and Moxibustion was carried out. Result: Introduction to Medicine put much importance on "method of acupuncture following the five circuits and six qi" (子午流注針法) and Song of Acupuncture and Moxibustion through comparing "eight methods of acupuncture following the five circuits and six qi" (子午八法) and "scattered needling method". The doctors in Chosun Dynasty, howevery, did not adopt this theory with their own standards on acupuncture. On the contrary, they put more importance on the inquiry of historical evidence on river point and extraordinary points. Conclusion: The acupuncture studies of Chosun Dynasty had already formed its own standards on the medical theories, and its direction to which it was headed was different from that of the Myung, and Chung Dynasty in China.

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