A Study on the Jo-Seok-Bo-Beop(朝夕補法) of the case reports in Man-Byeong-Hoi-Chun(萬病回春)

『만병회춘(萬病回春)』 의안(醫案)속에 보이는 조석보법(朝夕補法)에 관한 연구

Man-Byeong-Hoi-Chun(萬病回春) is the principal book of Gong Tingxian who was a physician in the time of Ming(明) dynasty. It has been widely used in Korea and Japan. We recently analyzed the case reports in the book and found that he made some prescriptions by day and night separately. The method was based on the Jo-Seok-Bo-Beop(朝夕補法) by 薛己. We thought that it was an important key to his ideas in medicine. So we reviewed the origin and the basic principles of Jo-Seok-Bo-Beop and considered the clinical usages.