Herbal Formula Science (대한한의학방제학회지)

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An Analysis of Clinical Characteristics on the Medical book of Koryŏ Dynasty, Hyang'yak Kugŭppang (鄕藥救急方, Medical Recipes of Local Botanicals for Emergency Use)

고려 의서 『향약구급방』의 임상 의학 특징 분석

  • Oh, Chaekun (College of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University) ;
  • Kim, Sanghyun (Future Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Yi, Kiebok (Korean Research Institute of Science, Technology and Civilization, Jeonbuk National University) ;
  • Jeon, Jongwook (Korean Research Institute of Science, Technology and Civilization, Jeonbuk National University) ;
  • Shin, Dongwon (Department of Science Studies, Jeonbuk National University)
  • 오재근 (대전대학교 한의과대학) ;
  • 김상현 (한국한의학연구원 미래의학부) ;
  • 이기복 (전북대학교 한국과학문명학연구소) ;
  • 전종욱 (전북대학교 한국과학문명학연구소) ;
  • 신동원 (전북대학교 과학학과)
  • Received : 2020.07.10
  • Accepted : 2020.08.24
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

Objectives : In this paper, We pointed out medico-historical meaning of Hyang'yak Kugŭppang (鄕藥救急方, Medical Recipes of Local Botanicals for Emergency Use), a medical book of Koryŏ Dynasty, breaking from the existing analysis view based on Hyang'yak (鄕藥), local herbs produced in Korean Peninsula. Methods : For that purpose, we analyzed the clinical characteristics of the diseases and symptoms, strategies of treatment, therapeutic tools, drug formulations, composition of herbal formulas in Hyang'yak Kugŭppang. Results : The following characteristics were confirmed in Hyang'yak Kugŭppang. First, it contained a way to cope with the diseases and symptoms that do not have to check the exterior, interior, cold, and heat. Also, it introduced basic strategies such as reducing, facilitating flow, draining downward, warming, or tonifying, etc. It mainly included herbal medicine as the therapeutic tools, and introduced formulas composed by single herb than complex recipes. It suggested external applications more than internal use, and proposed formulations in the form of decoctions or powders, etc. The herbs of formulas were used by experience without explanations of nature & taste, efficacy of each herbs. Conclusions : Hyang'yak Kugŭppang is a book of medical recipes for emergency use that has been distributed to help gentries, even if they do not have professional medical knowledge, to instantly cope with diseases and symptoms with medicines that are easy to obtain. Previous researches has analyzed the value of Hyang'yak Kugŭppang as a collection of information of hyang'yak, and used it as a historical basis of the uniqueness of Korean medicine. Since Hyang'yak Kugŭppang is not a book specialized for herbs, but rather a clinical medical book that introduces recipes for specific symptoms of diseases, if we pay attention to the clinical characteristics of Hyang'yak Kugŭppang, it will provide an opportunity to describe Koryŏ or Korean medicine in a new way.

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