The Lineage of Herbal Medicine Books and the Development of Herbal Medicine Studies

본초서(本草書)의 계통(系統)과 본초학(本草學) 발전사(發展史)

This paper proposes to examine how herbal medicine studies developed amidst the historical changes, by studying the publications of herbal medicine books. For this reason, centering on the most eminent herbal medicine books of each period, the characteristic of the times shown by their publication and the development of herbal medicine were summarized. Also, traces of herbal medicine books among the eminent classics that were imported into our medicine and made a deep impact, and whether or not a Chosun edition was published were researched and introduced in order to show the influence it had on Korean Medical History.