• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.171-181
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• 2018

Objective : Napyak has known as the herbal medicine, that kings of the Joseon dynasty bestowed on the royal officers around the last day of the each year. There are several researches on Napyak but those are focused the meaning itself, bibliographical studies on Unhaenapyakjeungchibang(which is the text related to Napyak), system in Joseon dynasty related to Napyak and so on. This articles is subject to research the real usage and medical meaning thrugh record of Joseon dynasty Method : Prescriptions of Unhaenapyakjeungchibang were browsed from the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty and the Royal Records of Royal Secretariat of the Joseon Dynasty and compared the main disease of prescriptions with the records above. Result : The main disease of prescriptions were corresponded with real usage records of the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty and the Royal Records of Royal Secretariat of the Joseon Dynasty except a few cases. And the new meaning of Napyak could be defined as the herbal medicine, that kings of the Joseon dynasty bestowed on the royal officers and all people to cure emergent disease around the last day of the each year. Conclusion : This research is for focusing the real usage of the Napyak thrugh Unhaenapyakjeungchibang prescription but this research is for the medical records of the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty and the Royal Records of Royal Secretariat of the Joseon Dynasty. Hereafter, the medical records researches could be conducted by real usage of prescriptions.