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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2013.23.4.144

Survey on Records about Magnetism in Written Korean History (Records Regarding the Applications of Magnet for Oriental Medicine)  

Rhee, Kun Woo (Department of History, Pukyong National University)
Kwon, Hae-Woong (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society / v.23, no.4, 2013 , pp. 144-148 More about this Journal
Abstract
Until the discovery of universal gravitation, a magnet had been considered to be a unique and magical stuff which exhibited an interacting force between two objects separated afar. Perhaps because of this belief, magnets were used widely as a medicinal stuff in East-Asia. In the present article, the records regarding the applications of a magnet for oriental medicine in written Korean history were surveyed. The records were categorized in terms of efficacy, prescription, and clinical case of taking-medicine. The records revealed that a magnet was used as an important component in the medicine for curing kidney filtering failure. Magnet was also prescribed to heal heart problems. Typical magnet-containing medicines included the SHINRYUKTANG, JIHWANGTANG, and INSAMBAEKHOTANG. Interestingly, it was revealed that some of the kings (Hyojong, Yungjo) in the era of Josun dynasty (1392-1910) believed the efficacy of the magnet-containing medicine and took it for curing their health problems.
Keywords
magnet; magnet-containing medicines; Compendium of Materia Medica; Annals of Joson dynasty; Decoction of kidney filtering (SHINRYUKTANG); Decoction of white tiger with jinseng (INSAMBAEKHOTANG); King Yongjo;
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