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연명의료의 중단 - 대법원 2009.5.21. 선고 2009다17417 판결과 관련하여 - (Legal Grounds for Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment)

  • 석희태
    • 의료법학
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.263-305
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    • 2009
  • Is it lawful to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment applied to a patient in a terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition? In Korea, there are no such laws or regulations which control affairs related to the withholding or withdrawal life-support treatment and active euthanasia as the Natural Death Act or the Death with Dignity Act in the U. S. A. And in addition there has had no precedent of Supreme Court. Recently Supreme Court has pronounced a historical judgment on a terminal care case. The court allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a patient in a permanent unconscious state. Fundamentally the court judged that the continuation of that medical treatment would infringe dignity and value of a patient as a human being. And the court required some legal grounds to consider such withdrawal or withholding of medical care lawful. The legal grounds are as follow. First, the patient is in a incurable and irreversible condition and already entered a stage of death. Second, the patient executed a directive, in advance, directing the withholding or withdrawal of life-support treatment in a incurable and irreversible condition or in a terminal condition. Otherwise, at least, the patient's will would be presumed through his/her character, view of value, philosophy, religious faith and career etc. I regard if a patient is in a incurable and irreversible condition or in a terminal condition, the medical contract between a patient and a doctor would be terminated because of the actual impossibility of achievement of it's purpose. So I think the discontinuation of life-sustaining care would be legally allowed without depending on the patient's own will.

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『황제내경(黃帝內經)』의 철학적 배경에 대한 연구 - 전국(戰國) ~ 한(漢) 시대정신(時代精神)을 중심으로 - (A Study on the Philosophical Background of HuangdiNeijing - Focused on the Spirit of the Times from Warring Country to Han -)

  • 류정아
    • 대한한의학원전학회지
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.145-166
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    • 2017
  • Objectives : The paper aims to study the philosophical background of Huangdineijing by taking into account the fact that its ideas are identical to that of the period between the Warring States and Han. Methods : Through considering the period and the historical backdrop in which Huangdineijing was published, and through considering the book with other texts such as Huangdisijing, the paper draws the common spirit of the time and analyzed the cause and flow of philosophies and ideas that influenced Huangdineijing. Conclusions : 1. Books that upheld Huangdi contained within Hanshu・Yiwenzhi have a common point with the mythical symbol of Huangdi in that they are related to the rule of a nation and the creation of a civilization. Huangdi, who in Huangdineijing bears a need to be understand at this common point of view. 2. The spirit of the period between Warring States and Han can be deduced as "a movement towards unification" and "the development of a civilization infused with spirit of unification." Such spirit of time are reflected in Huangdineijing as Nine Acupuncture(Official Acupuncture) and the establishment of the measuring standards for meridian, bone, and internal organ, and the establishment of the concept of 'Pyungin.' Especially the construction of waterways that connected Huanghe and Yangzijiang river with their tributaries that formed a direct composition of unification was applied to human body in Huangdineijing, thereby establishing the concept of 'Mai'. 3. Unlike Lao Zhuang School of Taoism was not interested in the act of ruling at all, Huangdineijing and its contemporary publication Huangdisijing, present their readers with Number, Law, Rule, Regulation and Governance. Here, the philosophy and the idea which seek "Law" as the methods of ruling the nation by actively participating in the governance of the nation based on the model of natural law and rule appear. Such philosophy and idea is an evidence of the influence of Fajia in accordance with the social and realistic changes witnessed during the time.

"화타현문내조도(華陀玄門內照圖)"의 형성과 본문편제 (The Formation and Text Compilation of ${\ulcorner}HuaTaHyunMunNeJoDo{\lrcorner}$)

  • 한봉재;오준호;서진연;김태은;홍세영;윤성익;차웅석;김남일
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.15-25
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    • 2006
  • Objectives : ${\ulcorner}HuaTaHyunMunNeJoDo{\lrcorner}$ is a medical literature dealing deeply with the theory of internal organs thought to be the core of theories in Chinese medicine. The aim of this study was to explorer on the formation and the organization of ${\ulcorner}HuaTaHyunMunNeJoDo{\lrcorner}$. Methods : We investigated the process of the formation of ${\ulcorner}HuaTaHyunMunNeJoDo{\lrcorner}$ and analyzed the organization of ${\ulcorner}HuaTaHyunMunNeJoDo{\lrcorner}$ on the medical-historical points of view. Results : As a result from studies. Main contents include 11 pieces of pictures about the positions of the regions of acupuncture and moxibustion as well as the internal organs, in addition to descriptions in detail regarding each disease in the internal organs, problems occurred among them, obstinate diseases, etc. Conclusions : A published book in Ming Dynasty and another transcribed by someone in Qing Dynasty as the xylographic books of this literature in China, which turned out to books referred considerably to contents of YangGae's ${\ulcorner}JonJinDo{\lrcorner}$, a famous doctor in Northern Song Dynasty in China. Moreover, the main contents of ${\ulcorner}HuaTaHyunMunNeJoDo{\lrcorner}$ greatly affected the theories of the internal organs for the following generations as they were quoted in Yicheon's ${\ulcorner}UiHakYipMun{\lrcorner}$ in Ming Dynasty in China.

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문화속의 인간심성과 문화를 넘어선 인간심성 - 동과 서의 보다 나은 만남을 위하여 - (Human Mind Within and Beyond the Culture - Toward a Better Encounter between East and West -)

  • 李符永
    • 심성연구
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.107-138
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    • 2013
  • 현대 임상정신의학이 그동안 잊어버렸거나 소홀히 해온 문화와 심성의 관계를 다음과 같은 내용으로 살펴보았다. 1. 문화 :01) 문화정신의학의 공적과 한계 및 그 해결책 ; 2) C.G. 융의 비 서구문화의 경험 ; 3) 융의 분석심리학적 입장에서 본 문화 ; 4) 문화스펙트럼 모델 2. 심성 :01) 원시시대 및 고대의 심(心) 신(身)관 ; 2) 동양적 심성론 ; 3) 자기Self와 동양사상 문화정신의학은 정신건강문제의 문화적 요인을 규명함으로써 정신의학에 큰 기여를 해왔으나 문화적 차이에만 관심을 집중한 나머지 인류보편의 공통된 심성을 도외시하는 경향이 있었고, 인간의 건강한 심성을 등한시하고 문화의 역사적 측면을 간과하였으며 문화 상호간의 역동적 상호관계의 무의식적 심층적 측면을 보지 못했다. C.G. 융의 여행을 통한 이異 문화 체험 양식과 C.G. 융의 분석심리학설은 이 점에서 문화정신의학의 한계를 넘을 수 있는 가능성을 제시했다. 이에 따르면 인류학자들의 문화에 대한 다양한 개념 속에는 집단적 의식collective consciousness뿐 아니라 집단적 무의식에 뿌리박은 내용이 발견된다. 저자는 이를 효孝를 예로 설명했다. 저자는 또한 문화 스펙트럼cultural spectrum이라는 설명모형을 제창하였는데 한국인의 경우 샤머니즘, 불교, 도교, 유고, 기독교 문화가 한 개체의 인격을 여러 가지 스펙트럼으로 구성됨을 제시하였다. 주로 네 가지 유형을 분류하였는데 그것은 1) 주로 불교문화가 우세한 사람, 2) 주로 유교문화가 우세한 사람, 3) 주로 샤머니즘문화가 우세한 사람, 4) 주로 기독교문화가 우세한 사람이다. 비록 의식표면은 하나의 종교문화가 우세하지만 내면에는 다른 종교문화가 섞이게 되며 가장 심층에 샤머니즘 문화를 공유하고 있다고 보았다. 문화와 정신건강의 관계를 이해하고 치유의 접근을 할 때 이러한 스펙트럼 시각이 필요하다. 저자는 인간심성에 대한 고대중국의 개념과 동양종교의 관념, 그리고 C.G. 융의 자기개념에 대한 이해를 소개하고 이에 비길 수 있는 전체정신의 중심에 관한 한국의 선사, 원효의 생각, 대승기승론의 일심(一心), 노자의 도(道), 이퇴계의 천명도(天命圖), 이기설(理氣說)을 융의 분석심리학적 입장에서 해석하였다. 궁극적으로 정신요법의 목적은 분석심리학적 입장에서는 '하나가 되는 것' 이며 '하나'가 됨은 문화에 제약된 인간으로서가 아니라 문화를 포함하나 이를 넘어선 인간 심성 전체가 되도록 하는 것이다.

전설적 불로장생약과 고려홍삼의 현대 과학적 효능과의 연관성 (A correlation of the modern scientific efficacy of Korean Red Ginseng with the legendary medicine for anti-aging and longevity)

  • 이영득
    • 인삼문화
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    • 제2권
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    • pp.39-70
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    • 2020
  • 본고에서는 유래가 다른 상고사서의 상호 해석과 검증을 통하여, 위서(僞書)로 의심 받아 왔던 『부도지』, 『환단고기』, 『규원사화』의 기록이 논리적으로 실제 기록일 수 있음을 입증하였고, 『사기』 및 『열자』의 중국사서에도 등장하는 전설적인 '불로장생약'의 실체가 고려 인삼임을 밝혔다. 나아가 핵심 서적인 『부도지』의 인류이동 설명에 부합하는 Y 염색체 인류이동 지도를 참조하여, 각 인류 집단의 생활상을 기반으로 사상체질의 형성과 동남아인에 대한 고려인삼 열감문제의 기원이, 역사적 또는 과학적 관점에서 PPT유형 진세노사이드로 인한 체질문제로 추정하였다. 이 문제의 해결이 홍삼제조시의 PPT유형에 비하여 상대적으로 높은 함량의 PPD유형 진세노사이드 생산으로 해결되며, 또한 홍삼제조시 홍삼다당체의 함량 증가로, 홍삼다당체, PPD유형 진세노사이드, 원래 고려인삼에 다량 포함된 아르기닌에 의하여, 신체 내 '열충격단백질'의 발현이 증가되는 방법임을 설명함으로써, 고려 홍삼의 '아답토젠' 또는 '장생불사약'으로서의 효능을 과학적으로 해석할 수 있는 이론을 제시하였다. 마지막으로 미국삼(서양삼)과 고려인삼의 생육환경에 대한 고찰을 통하여, 그 차이점을 제시하였다.

역대의학성씨(歷代醫學姓氏)의 침(針)과 침(鍼)에 대하여 (Wording on Acupuncture "鍼" & "針" Used by Historic Doctors)

  • 김홍균;안상우
    • 한국의사학회지
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.155-193
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    • 2012
  • From the part "歷代醫學姓氏(Historic Doctors)" in "醫林撮要(Uirimchualyo)", the following has been noticed and concluded. 1. Because acupuncture was originated from stony needle, the word "石(sok)" contains the meaning of needle, and from this point on, words like 石(sok), 砭石(pyumsok), 箴石(Jamsok), 鑱石(Chamsok) had been derived. 2. The word 砭石(pyumsok) used in "Hwangjenaekyong(Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine or Hwangdineijing)" should be interpreted as acupuncture in a verb form, not a noun form. 3. 鑱石(Chamsok) or 鑱鍼(Chamchim) was used for surgical treatment for tumor, by cutting open tumors and pressing the pus out. Therefore, 砭石(pyumsok), 鑱石(Chamsok) are the same kind of needles, and 鑱鍼(Chamchim) is the tool improved from 鑱石(Chamsok) used in the Bronze Age. 4. Kwakpak put a note on 鑱石(Chamsok) in "山海經(Sanhaekyong)" that reads "it is defined as 砥鍼(Jichim) and treats tumor." This let us know the shape of 石(sok), 砭石(pyumsok), 鑱(Chamsok), 鑱鍼(Chamchim), and the stone that can be used as a surgical tool with slim & sharp shape is obsidian. 5. Because obsidian is only found around Mt. Baekdu and limited area in South Korea & Japan in Asia, it is closely related with the life & medical environment of the tribe "Mt. Baekdu". 6. The development of 鑱鍼(Chamchim) was influenced by surgical treatment used in early stage of civilization, and its origin is traced upto Gochosun dynasty. Korea's own traditional medical knowledge is derived from this surgical treatment skill. 7. Because the acupuncture is originated from Gochosun dynasty, 鍼(chim) was derived from 箴(Jam) of 箴石(Jamsok), 䥠(Chim) & 䥠(Chim) both were used for a time being, and finally settled into 鍼(Chim). 8. The word 針(Chim) showed up at Myung dynasty, and started to be used in Korea from early Chosun dynasty. 9. In the early Chosun dynasty, 鍼(Chim) was used for medical term, and 針(Chim) for non-medical term. In the mid Chosun dynasty, 針(Chim) was used as a term for tool, and 鍼(Chim) as a term for acupunctural medical treatment. 10. Under the order of King Sunjo, Dr. Yesoo Yang published "醫林撮要(Uirimchualyo)", added "醫林撮要續集(Sequel to Uirimchualyo)", and added "歷代醫學姓氏(Historic Doctors)" again which eventually made totally 13 books of "醫林撮要(Uirimchualyo)". In addition, many parts of "醫林撮要續集(Sequel to Uirimchualyo)" were quoted in "東醫寶鑑(Donguibogam)", and influenced much in publishing "Donguibogam". 11. In "歷代醫學姓氏(Historic Doctors)" of "醫林撮要(Uirimchualyo)", the same way in "Donguibogam", referred to 針(Chim) as a term for a needle, and 鍼(Chim) as a term for Acupuncture. 12. From the usage of 針(Chim) & 鍼(Chim), shown in "鄕藥集成方(Hyangyakjipsungbang)", "醫林撮要(Uirimchualyo)" and "東醫寶鑑(Donguibogam)", we can notice the spirit of doctors who tried to take over the legitimacy of Korean tradition, and their elaboration & historical view that expresses confidence on our own medical technology, through the wording 鍼(Chim).

보험업계(保險業界)의 과제(課題) (Future Medical Screening: A Challenge to the Insurance Industry)

  • 윤병학
    • 보험의학회지
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    • 제12권
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 1993
  • 1) 생명보험(生命保險)에서의 Screening은 사정조건(査定條件)이며 충분(充分)한 기능(機能)을 갖인 기구(器具)이다. 2) Screening 기술(技術)은 의학적(醫學的)으로 충분(充分)히 명시(明示)되여 있으며 장래(將來)에도 일반적(一般的)인 임상적(臨床的)인 Rule에 따라야 한다. 3) Screening Parameter는 연령(年齡)이나 Risk-Group에 의(依)한 질병(疾病)의 Pattern에 따라야 한다. 4) Screening Parameter에서의 예후(豫後)의 추론(推論)은 임상의학적관찰(臨床醫學的觀察)과 Rule를 모두 고처(考處)하는 한(限)에서는 합법적(合法的)이다. 5) 민감(敏感)한 성격(性格)의 Screening 기술(技術)은 일관성(一貫性)있게 취급(取扱)하기 의(依)해서는 대단(大端)히 특별(特別)한 Rule를 필요(必要)로 한다. 6) HIV-항체시험(抗體試驗)과 같은 Screening-Parameter는 그들의 새로운 시험범위내(試驗範圍內)에서는 계속적(繼續的)인 과학적(科學的) Feedback를 필요(必要)로 한다. 7) 유전의학적시험(遺傳醫學的試驗은 생명보험(生命保險) Screening에서는 아직 사용(使用)하고 있지 않지만 생명보험의학(生命保險醫學)에서는 장래(將來)의 역할(役割)과 가능성(可能性)에 대(對)해서 검토(檢討)해야 될 것이다. 8) 보험업계(保險業界)의 Screening은 가능한(可能限) 역선택(逆選擇)을 배제(排除)하고 보험청약자(保險請約者)나 보험자(保險者)의 쌍방(雙方)에서 평균여명(平均餘命)을 짧게하는 어떠한 결함(缺陷)에도 같은 지식(知識)으로 대비(對備)해야 한다. 9) Screening에서의 Informed Consent, Counselling과 Confidentiality는 현재나 더욱 발전된 장래에서도 알맞게 취급하지 않으면 않된다.

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한의 진단의 추론형식과 실재성 (Inferential Structure and Reality Problem in Diagnosis of Oriental Medicine)

  • 박경모;최승훈;안규석
    • 제3의학
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.55-84
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    • 1997
  • Inferential structure and reality problem is a serious issue to O.M.(oriental medicine). The study will analyze this issue through a philosophical and historical comparative study of W.M.M(Western modern medicine) and O.M. First, I presuppose some basic ideas. The first is the division of the 'the philosophy of medicine' and 'the medicine itself'. Second, there is a 'visibility' that discriminate between 'the abstractive concept' and 'the concrete object' in diagnostic terminology. The third is the separation of disease, the entity and disease, the phenomenon. Finally, the distinction between the cause of disease and the nature of disease. Through these basic concepts, this study will analyze O.M's diagnostic methodology, 'Pattern identification of the S.A.S(sign and symptom)'. The results are follows: 1. O.M's views disease as a phenomenon. So, the S.A.S, which is visible, is the disease itself. Tough the analysis and inference of the S.A.S, 證(zheng) the essence is derived. 2. 證(zheng) can be considered as 'the abstractive concept' reflecting the essence of a disease. 3. 證(zheng) is not arrived through causal sequence reasoning but rather by analogical reasoning. 4. 證(zheng) is 'the non-random correlative combination of S.A.S', pattern. These patterns secure the abstractive deduction in reality. that is, The causality, the positivism, the view of disease as entity, and anatomical knowledge are the traits peculiar to W.M.M. But, these properties can not be applied universally to every medical systems. Also, these properties do not indicate the superiority or inferiority of any medical system. 5. 證(zheng) summarizes the patients condition simultaneously with the S.A.S. However, 證(zheng) doesn't necessarily indicate the knowledge about the actual internal organ. That is, Early in O.M.'s history, the diagnostic terminologies including 證(zheng) were analogical reflections of a naive knowledge of internal organs and external environmental factors. Later, the naive knowledge in 證(zheng) changed int new nature, an abstractive concept. The confusion of the concept of disease, the indiscriminate acceptance of Western anatomical knowledge, and the O.M.'s theoretical evolution et are the challenge facing modern O.M. To find solutions, this study looks at the sequence of the birth of W.M.M. and then compares it's system with the O.M. system. The confusion of the concept of disease, the indiscriminate acceptance of Western anatomical knowledge, and the O.M.'s theoretical evolution et are the challenge facing modern O.M. To find solutions, this study looks at the sequence of the birth of W.M.M. and then compares it's system with the O.M. system. It is recommended that O.M. diagnostics should pay close attention to the ambiguity of the diagnostic methodology in order to further development. At present time, the concept and the system peculiar to O.M. can not be explained by common language. but O.M.'s practitioner can not persist in this manner an: longer. Along with the internal development of O.M., the adjustment of O.M.'s diagnostic terminology needs to be adopted.

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아유르베다'($\bar{A}yurveda$) 의경(醫經)에 관한 연구 (A Study of The Medical Classics in the '$\bar{A}yurveda$')

  • 김기욱;박현국;서지영
    • 동국한의학연구소논문집
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    • 제10권
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    • pp.119-145
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    • 2008
  • Through a simple study of the medical classics in the '$\bar{A}yurveda$', we have summarized them as follows. 1) Traditional Indian medicine started in the Ganges river area at about 1500 B. C. E. and traces of medical science can be found in the "Rigveda" and "Atharvaveda". 2) The "Charaka(閣羅迦集)" and "$Su\acute{s}hruta$(妙聞集)", ancient texts from India, are not the work of one person, but the result of the work and errors of different doctors and philosophers. Due to the lack of historical records, the time of Charaka(閣羅迦) or $Su\acute{s}hruta$(妙聞)s' lives are not exactly known. So the completion of the "Charaka" is estimated at 1st$\sim$2nd century C. E. in northwestern India, and the "$Su\acute{s}hruta$" is estimated to have been completed in 3rd$\sim$4th century C. E. in central India. Also, the "Charaka" contains details on internal medicine, while the "$Su\acute{s}hruta$" contains more details on surgery by comparison. 3) '$V\bar{a}gbhata$', one of the revered Vriddha Trayi(triad of the ancients, 三醫聖) of the '$\bar{A}yurveda$', lived and worked in about the 7th century and wrote the "$Ast\bar{a}nga$ $Ast\bar{a}nga$ hrdaya $samhit\bar{a}$ $samhit\bar{a}$(八支集) and "$Ast\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$(八心集)", where he tried to compromise and unify the "Charaka" and "$Su\acute{s}hruta$". The "$Ast\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$" was translated into Tibetan and Arabic at about the 8th$\sim$9th century, and if we generalize the medicinal plants recorded in each the "Charaka", "$Su\acute{s}hruta$" and the "$Ast\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$", there are 240, 370, 240 types each. 4) The 'Madhava' focused on one of the subjects of Indian medicine, '$Nid\bar{a}na$' ie meaning "the cause of diseases(病因論)", and in one of the copies found by Bower in 4th century C. E. we can see that it uses prescriptions from the "BuHaLaJi(布唅拉集)", "Charaka", "$Su\acute{s}hruta$". 5) According to the "Charaka", there were 8 branches of ancient medicine in India : treatment of the body(kayacikitsa), special surgery(salakya), removal of alien substances(salyapahartka), treatment of poison or mis-combined medicines(visagaravairodhikaprasamana), the study of ghosts(bhutavidya), pediatrics(kaumarabhrtya), perennial youth and long life(rasayana), and the strengthening of the essence of the body(vajikarana). 6) The '$\bar{A}yurveda$', which originated from ancient experience, was recorded in Sanskrit, which was a theorization of knowledge, and also was written in verses to make memorizing easy, and made medicine the exclusive possession of the Brahmin. The first annotations were 1060 for the "Charaka", 1200 for the "$Su\acute{s}hruta$", 1150 for the "$Ast\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$", and 1100 for the "$Nid\bar{a}na$". The use of various mineral medicines in the "Charaka" or the use of mercury as internal medicine in the "$Ast\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$", and the palpation of the pulse for diagnosing in the '$\bar{A}yurveda$' and 'XiZhang(西藏)' medicine are similar to TCM's pulse diagnostics. The coexistence with Arabian 'Unani' medicine, compromise with western medicine and the reactionism trend restored the '$\bar{A}yurveda$' today. 7) The "Charaka" is a book inclined to internal medicine that investigates the origin of human disease which used the dualism of the 'Samkhya', the natural philosophy of the 'Vaisesika' and the logic of the 'Nyaya' in medical theories, and its structure has 16 syllables per line, 2 lines per poem and is recorded in poetry and prose. Also, the "Charaka" can be summarized into the introduction, cause, judgement, body, sensory organs, treatment, pharmaceuticals, and end, and can be seen as a work that strongly reflects the moral code of Brahmin and Aryans. 8) In extracting bloody pus, the "Charaka" introduces a 'sharp tool' bloodletting treatment, while the "$Su\acute{s}hruta$" introduces many surgical methods such as the use of gourd dippers, horns, sucking the blood with leeches. Also the "$Su\acute{s}hruta$" has 19 chapters specializing in ophthalmology, and shows 76 types of eye diseases and their treatments. 9) Since anatomy did not develop in Indian medicine, the inner structure of the human body was not well known. The only exception is 'GuXiangXue(骨相學)' which developed from 'Atharvaveda' times and the "$Ast\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$". In the "$Ast\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$"'s 'ShenTiLun(身體論)' there is a thorough listing of the development of a child from pregnancy to birth. The '$\bar{A}yurveda$' is not just an ancient traditional medical system but is being called alternative medicine in the west because of its ability to supplement western medicine and, as its effects are being proved scientifically it is gaining attention worldwide. We would like to say that what we have researched is just a small fragment and a limited view, and would like to correct and supplement any insufficient parts through more research of new records.

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'아유르베다'($\bar{A}yurveda$)의 의경(醫經)에 관한 연구 (A Study of The Medical Classics in the '$\bar{A}yurveda$')

  • 김기욱;박현국;서지영
    • 대한한의학원전학회지
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.91-117
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    • 2007
  • Through a simple study of the medical classics in the '$\bar{A}yurveda$', we have summarized them as follows. 1) Traditional Indian medicine started in the Ganges river area at about 1500 B. C. E. and traces of medical science can be found in the "Rigveda" and "Atharvaveda". 2) The "Charaka" and "$Su\acute{s}hruta$(妙聞集)", ancient texts from India, are not the work of one person, but the result of the work and errors of different doctors and philosophers. Due to the lack of historical records, the time of Charaka or $Su\acute{s}hruta$(妙聞)s' lives are not exactly known. So the completion of the "Charaka" is estimated at 1st${\sim}$2nd century C. E. in northwestern India, and the "$Su\acute{s}hruta$" is estimated to have been completed in 3rd${\sim}$4th century C. E. in central India. Also, the "Charaka" contains details on internal medicine, while the "$Su\acute{s}hruta$" contains more details on surgery by comparison. 3) '$V\bar{a}gbhata$', one of the revered Vriddha Trayi(triad of the ancients, 三醫聖) of the '$\bar{A}yurveda$', lived and worked in about the 7th century and wrote the "$A\d{s}\d{t}\bar{a}nga$ $A\d{s}\d{t}\bar{a}nga$ $h\d{r}daya$ $sa\d{m}hit\bar{a}$ $samhit\bar{a}$(八支集)" and "$A\d{s}\d{t}\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$(八心集)", where he tried to compromise and unify the "Charaka" and "$Su\acute{s}hruta$". The "$A\d{s}\d{t}\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$" was translated into Tibetan and Arabic at about the 8th${\sim}$9th century, and if we generalize the medicinal plants recorded in each the "Charaka", "$Su\acute{s}hruta$" and the "$A\d{s}\d{t}\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$", there are 240, 370, 240 types each. 4) The 'Madhava' focused on one of the subjects of Indian medicine, '$Nid\bar{a}na$' ie meaning "the cause of diseases(病因論)", and in one of the copies found by Bower in 4th century C. E. we can see that it uses prescriptions from the "BuHaLaJi(布哈拉集)", "Charaka", "$Su\acute{s}hruta$". 5) According to the "Charaka", there were 8 branches of ancient medicine in India : treatment of the body(kayacikitsa), special surgery(salakya), removal of alien substances(salyapahartka), treatment of poison or mis-combined medicines(visagaravairodhikaprasamana), the study of ghosts(bhutavidya), pediatrics(kaumarabhrtya), perennial youth and long life(rasayana), and the strengthening of the essence of the body(vajikarana). 6) The '$\bar{A}yurveda$', which originated from ancient experience, was recorded in Sanskrit, which was a theorization of knowledge, and also was written in verses to make memorizing easy, and made medicine the exclusive possession of the Brahmin. The first annotations were 1060 for the "Charaka", 1200 for the "$Su\acute{s}hruta$", 1150 for the "$A\d{s}\d{t}\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$", and 1100 for the "$Nid\bar{a}na$", The use of various mineral medicines in the "Charaka" or the use of mercury as internal medicine in the "$A\d{s}\d{t}\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$", and the palpation of the pulse for diagnosing in the '$\bar{A}yurveda$' and 'XiZhang(西藏)' medicine are similar to TCM's pulse diagnostics. The coexistence with Arabian 'Unani' medicine, compromise with western medicine and the reactionism trend restored the '$\bar{A}yurveda$' today. 7) The "Charaka" is a book inclined to internal medicine that investigates the origin of human disease which used the dualism of the 'Samkhya', the natural philosophy of the 'Vaisesika' and the logic of the 'Nyaya' in medical theories, and its structure has 16 syllables per line, 2 lines per poem and is recorded in poetry and prose. Also, the "Charaka" can be summarized into the introduction, cause, judgement, body, sensory organs, treatment, pharmaceuticals, and end, and can be seen as a work that strongly reflects the moral code of Brahmin and Aryans. 8) In extracting bloody pus, the "Charaka" introduces a 'sharp tool' bloodletting treatment, while the "$Su\scute{s}hruta$" introduces many surgical methods such as the use of gourd dippers, horns, sucking the blood with leeches. Also the "$Su\acute{s}hruta$" has 19 chapters specializing in ophthalmology, and shows 76 types of eye diseases and their treatments. 9) Since anatomy did not develop in Indian medicine, the inner structure of the human body was not well known. The only exception is 'GuXiangXue(骨相學)' which developed from 'Atharvaveda' times and the "$A\d{s}\d{t}\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$". In the "$A\d{s}\d{t}\bar{a}nga$ Sangraha $samhit\bar{a}$"'s 'ShenTiLun(身體論)' there is a thorough listing of the development of a child from pregnancy to birth. The '$\bar{A}yurveda$' is not just an ancient traditional medical system but is being called alternative medicine in the west because of its ability to supplement western medicine and, as its effects are being proved scientifically it is gaining attention worldwide. We would like to say that what we have researched is just a small fragment and a limited view, and would like to correct and supplement any insufficient parts through more research of new records.

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