Constitutional Medicine in the East

목차

“When the Taoism meets the Confucianism in Medicine”
Translator’s Note
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Life Story of Lee Je-ma



PART Ⅰ
1. Discourse on Nature and Order

2. Discourse on the Four Principles

3. Discourse on the Establishment and Supplement

4. Discourse on Viscera and Bowels

5. Discourse on the Origin of Eastern Medicine



PART Ⅱ
1. Discourse on the Soeum (Lesser Yin) Person’s Exterior Febrile Disease Induced from the Kidney Aected by
Heat

2. Discourse on the Lesser Yin Person’s Interior Cold Disease Induced from the Stomach Aected by Cold

3. General Remarks on the Lesser Yin Person

3-1. Twenty ree Prescriptions for the Lesser Yin Person’s Disease from Zhang Zhongjing’s 『Shanghanlun』

3-2. irteen Prescriptions and Six Other Prescriptions Containing Crotonis Fructus for the Lesser Yin
Person’s Disease Mentioned in the Writings of Famous Doctors in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties

3-3. Twenty Four Newly Created Prescriptions for the Lesser Yin Person’s Disease




PART Ⅲ
1. Discourse on the Soyang (Lesser Yang) Person’s Exterior Cold Disease Induced from the Spleen Aected by
Cold

2. Discourse on the Lesser Yang Person’s Interior Febrile Disease Induced from the Stomach Aected by Heat

3. General Remarks on the Lesser Yang Person

3-1. Ten Prescriptions for the Lesser Yang Person’s Disease from Zhang Zhongjing’s 『Shanghanlun』

3-2. Nine Prescriptions for the Lesser Yang Person’s Disease Mentioned in the Writings of Famous Doctors
in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties

3-3. Seventeen Newly Created Prescriptions for the Lesser Yang Person’s Disease



PART Ⅳ
1. Discourse on the Taieum (Greater Yin) Person’s Exterior Cold Disease Induced from the Epigastrium
Aected by Cold

2. Discourse on the Greater Yin Person’s Interior Febrile Disease Induced from the Liver Aected by Heat

2-1. Four Prescriptions for the Greater Yin Person’s Disease from Zhang Zhongjing’s 『Shanghanlun』

2-2. Nine Prescriptions for the Greater Yin Person’s Disease Mentioned in the Writings of Famous Doctors
in the Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties

2-3. Twenty Four Important Newly Formulated Prescriptions for the Greater Yin Person’s Disease



PART Ⅴ
1. Discourse on the Taiyang (Greater Yang) Person’s Lumbar Vertebral Disease Induced by Exopathogen

2. Discourse on the Greater Yang Person’s Small Intestine Disease Induced by Endopathogen

2-1. Ten Recommended Herbs for the Greater Yang Person’s Disease (Mentioned in the “Materia Medica”)
Based on My Experiences, and Two Herbs Based on the Experiences of Li Chan and Gong Xin

2-2. Two Newly Formulated Prescriptions Applicable to the Greater Yang Person’s Disease



PART ⅤI
1. Discourse on General Health Maintenance

2. Discourse on Identifying the Four Constitutions

3. Epilogue



Selected Bibliography
Index
Formulas by Constitutions
Drugs by Constitutions
Translator: Professor Choi Seung-hoon

책 서문

The 『Dongui Suse Bowon』 is a book about Sasang Constitutional Medicine (SCM). It consists of two parts:
basic theory and clinical studies. Lee Je-ma opens his basic theory by defining the environments that
surround man and the body itself using a quarternary paradigm. This paradigm is an extension of the
Confucian tradition in employing the number four.
The terminology, which Lee Je-ma employs, is quite hard to understand as his philosophical ideas are of
his own development based on neo-Confucianism (新儒學). Even widely experienced Oriental medical doctors
and it hard to comprehend, which has resulted in many doctors exhibiting interest only in the clinical
aspects. However, understanding his philosophical attitude is required prior to studying his Sasang
Constitutional Medicine.
Additionally, a thorough understanding of the 『Shanghanlun 』 (傷寒論: “Treatise on Cold-induced
Diseases”) written by Zhang Zhongjing (張仲景) is a prerequisite to understanding Lee Je-ma’s clinical
studies. As a translator, I have tried to translate the terminology literally and avoided including my own
interpretations, so as to allow the readers to understand Lee Je-ma’s original words.
This book also seeks to contribute to the advancement of medicine by providing readers with better
readability of 『Dongui Suse Bowon』.