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16       광고                                                                                        November 1, 2019  Vol. 8  Hani Times
                 Herbal Medicine


           The Dynamics of Shang Han Lun ⑦
          Mordern Meaning of Traditional Terms-Liquid and Energy







                                                              The term liquid and energy  can become dense or diluted  is reduces=d then swelling,
                                                              in modern times, makes us  in order to adapt to different  edema, diarrhea and other
                                                              observe our body with a  conditions. More about this  related syndromes would
                                                              microscopic perspective. The  will be interpreted in detail  appear.
                                                              term yin and yang in ancient  in the following paragraphs.  Moreover they also knew
                                                              time, makes us observe our  In present days, the functions  that if the volume of liquid
                                                              body under macroscopic or  of the blood and the lymph  increased and the blood in
                                                              universal perspective. But if  are known very well. As we  vessels becomes diluted then
                                                              the terms water and fire are  know, the blood moves oxygen  either headache, vertigo,
                                                              used, then we can observe the  and lymph has immunological  asthma, palpitations, cold
                                                              body in modern and ancient  functions. But in ancient  hands and cold feet or other
                                                              perspectives, so these make  times, this information was  symptoms could appear. In
                                                              it convenient to express  not known. So the functions  these cases the diuretic herbs
                                                              Eastern Medicine theories  of the blood and the lymph  were prescribed to increase
                                                              in modern times.            could not be express in terms  the density of the blood by
                                                                                          of microscopic or from a  eliminating water.
                                                              Liquid                      modern perspective (modern  In Sang Han Lun and Jin
        △ Liquid and energy is more concrete concept than Yin and
        Yang that has been used from Shang Han Lun. Photoⓒshut-  Liquid is a little more concreate  biochemical knowledge and  Gui Yao Lue(金匱要略; It is
        terstock_TheModernCanvas                              term than the traditional  techniques are associated  ‘the Essentials of Golden
                                                              terms such as water and yin.  with microscopic perspective),  Cabinet’) formulas  such
                                   can be expressed by liquid  Energy is also a little more  except to proposed that as  as ‘Zhexie Decoction (澤瀉
        By Jubong Kang, K.M.D.     and energy or water and fire,  concrete and tangible term  the blood belongs to the  湯) ’, ‘Fuling Guizhi Baizhu
                                   even though these exact terms  than fire or yang.      liver and makes the liver to  Cancao Decoction(笭桂朮甘
                                   are not used clearly in Sang  In current biological  be able to see, speak, move  湯)’, ‘Wuling Powder’ and
        Liquid and energy are very  Han Lun.                  understanding, the liquid in  and think, etc.          ‘Fangji Huangqi Decoction(
        useful modern terms to explain  It is possible to say liquid  our body is divided inti two                   防己黃芪湯)’  are  famous
        yin and yang, five elements  and energy are terms used in  types: one is the blood and  Ancient people did not have  formulas used to eliminate
        and other traditional medicine  modern time, yin and yang  the other is the lymph. While  the term lymph but they  excessive water in the
        terms or theories. These two  are terms used in ancient  both types of liquid circulate  thought watery components  body to treat vertigo,
        terms are derived from sign  time and water and fire are  in our body, sometimes they  in our body belong to the  palpitations, headache,
        symptom of Sang Han Lun.  terms used between modern  are mixed and sometimes  spleen and understood that  swelling and pain of knee
        The dynamics of sign symptom  and ancient times.      separated. Also, these liquids  if the function of the spleen  joint correctly.




           History of Eastern Medicine in Three (Korea, China and Japan) Ⅱ)






                                    three different countries:   Jing', and the contents are  abdominal diagnosis.  charts, show up great success
                                    Ⅰ. Zhang, Zhong Jing (張仲景)  interpreted in another post.  Yoshimasu Todo stated that all  in treating chronic and severe
                                    3rd Century A.D. in China,  Yoshimasu, Todo, a doctor  disorders occur only by the  diseases of all major typed
                                    Ⅱ. Yoshimas, Todo (吉益      of great insight, has sought  toxin in the body; therefore,  sown to us.
                                    東洞) 18th Century A.D. in  out these sign symptom on  the appropriate formulas are  The work of Yoshimasu Todo
                                    Japan,                     'Shang Han Lun' after 15th  those that work to detoxify  was tht of searching and
                                    Ⅲ. Lee, Jae Ma (李濟馬) 19th  Century A.D. of the publication  toxins from the body. He  gathering of the practical
                                    Century A.D. in Korea.     of this book.             did not acknowledge the  techniques hidden in the
                                                               Yoshimasu Todo stated that  idea of toxify and did not  provisions of Sang Han Lun,
                                    The movement to understand  every herb and formula in  accept formulas that were  written 15 centuries ago.
                                    'Shang Han Lun' not in theory,  Shang Han Lun has a main  made after Xhong Jing and  However it is necessary to
                                    but in actual practice arose  treating symptom - sign  only accepted the formulas  consider that sign symptom
                                    gradually in the 16th Century  symptom - and he did not  in Shang Han Lun.      treatment theory(證治理
                                    A.D. by some Japanese  accept abstract terms and  In his book 'Medicine  論) founded by him is the
                                    traditional doctors. In 18th  ideas of Nei Jing and only  Signature(藥徵)', we can  technical method of how to use
                                    Century A.D. there appeared  reserched the pracyical  easily sense that Yoshimasu  formulas and herbs for each
                                    a great Doctor Yoshimasu,  techniques. (i.e. the evidence  Todo thought Shang Han Lun  symptom, without considering
                                    Todo(吉益東洞 1702~18773  symptom of sign symptom in  is more important than the  the pathology or physiology of
             △ Yoshimasu Todo.      AD). He founded the school  Shang Han Lun)           Nei Jing. He thought Nei Jing  those symptoms.
                                    of sign symptom theory(證治  Yoshimasu Todo rejected the  was a supplementary book  Yoshimasu Todo thought that
                                    理論) which originated from  terms yin yang(陰陽), wu xing(  for Sang Han Lun, which  the pathological factor in the
         By Jubong Kang, K.M.D.
                                    Shan Han Lun. In this column,  五行), cold and warm theory,  also contrary to the idea of  body is only toxins and sign
                                    evidence symptom is called  property and flavor theory  how Chinese doctors viewed  symptom is the expression of
          We are able to understand  sign symptoms.            of herbs and formulas, six  Nei Jing.                the movement of the toxins
          three characteristics modern  Sign symptom was meticulously  channel theory in Nei Jing  In his life, he used only the   and any notional interpretation
          Asian Medicine from three  developed notions from six  and he did not check the  formulas of Shang Han Lun,  about sign symptom was not
          Eastern Medicine doctors  classics including the 'Nei- wrist pulse and accepted only  and his collection of excellent  useful or necessary in his view.
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