The Activities of Acupuncture Specialists during the mid-Chosun Dynasty and Lee Hyung Ik's BunChimSool (Burning Needle Technique)

조선중기(朝鮮中期) 침의(鍼醫)의 활동과 이형익(李馨益)의 번침술(燔鍼術)

This paper seeks to contemplate the background of the advent of acupuncture specialists and the social status of doctors including acupuncture specialists, by examining their activities of in the times of SunJo, GwangHaeGun, and InJo through the chronicles of Chosun Dynasty's Official Records. In addition, the meaning of Lee Hyung Ik's BunChimSool, which was even referred to as 'peculiar', and what diseases were meant to be cured by it were looked into.