• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 2016

Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate the concept of 'Sojeung' in Sasang Constitutional medicine. This is the first article, which focuses on the concepts of Sojeung by distinguishing symptoms, syndromes and disease.Methods Donguisusebowon and many articles were reviewed for summarizing the concepts of 'Sojeung'. We investigated the concept of 'Sojeung' from literal meaning and the difference between 'syndromes' and 'symptoms' in Traditional Chineses Medicine.Results & Conclusions By researching and discussing different meanings of Sojeung, we suggest that Sojeung has both 'symptom' and 'syndrome' meanings. Under different circumstances Sojeung refers to different meaning.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.201-209
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• 2000

Intestinal tuberculosis is an chronic infectious disease and occur insidiously. 29-years-old woman who has abdominal pain and diarrhea is admitted and we have diagnosed her as Soeumin and treated by east and west integrated therapy. The results is as following, first Pyobyung(表病) and Ribyung(裏病) occur anytime without development of a disease(傳變), second Byungjeung(病證) is occured according to Sojeung(素證), third we decide the severity of Byungjeung(病證) in according to the shape and period of stool, forth we find that Byungjeung(病證) is change from Teaeumjeung(太陰證) to Soeumjeung(少陰證) during west medical therapy