Liuwansu's 『Fire-Heat』 & 『Warm disease』 -on pathology(pathogenesis)of exterior-contact causes-

유완소(劉完素)의 화열론(火熱論)과 온병학(溫病學) - 외감(外感) 병기(病機)를 중심으로 -

  • Jin, Jupio (Department of Medical History, College of Oriental Medicine, KyungHee University) ;
  • Cha, Wung-Seok (Department of Medical History, College of Oriental Medicine, KyungHee University) ;
  • Kim, Nam-Il (Department of Medical History, College of Oriental Medicine, KyungHee University)
  • Received : 2009.09.05
  • Accepted : 2009.09.18
  • Published : 2009.09.30

Abstract

The results of analyzing "Shanghanlun-Shanghan examples" of Song Dynasty Text and Liuwansu's writings in the pursuit of comprehending his views written in "Fire-Heat" & "Warm disease" -are as follow. 1.He introduced Exterior-Interior Shanghan and Latent in the Winter & recurrent in the Spring Shanghan concept in the Febrile disease pathology as the link and the bifurcation point. His perception on Febrile disease encompassed Shanghan and Febrile disease on the same plane but actually discriminated in the treatment and medication between the two actually. 2.He suggested Febrile disease pathology in the concept of Shanghan and Febrile disease, which is coherent in the formation of interior heat as the result of the invasion of the lung by warm pathogen described in Warm disease Wei, Qi, Ying and Xue Fen Syndrome differentiation. He expanded the concept of esoteric portal 玄府 of "Suwon Tiaojinglun", to that of the omni-present portal & way of Qi's all directions movement, which is in accordance of invasion of upper energizer 上焦 by warm or hot pathogen via mouth and nose as used in Warm disease three-energizer differentiation. 3.He recognized both exterior-interior febrile disease in the context of both exterior-interior contact cause disease. He prescribed pungent-cool exterior releasing medicinal similar to that of exterior-releasing treatment adopted in warm disease. As lily-talc powder百合散 introduced in "Golden chamber synopsis" dispells heat by promoting excretion of urine and defecation, it is regarded as the original formula of later ikwonsan yiyuansan 益元散.

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