Hyang Yak Jib Seong Bang(the Compendium of Traditional Korean
Herbal Formulae with Indigenous Herbal Materials)
This book consists of 30 volumes and was published in AD 1431. It
comprises 57 chapters in which 959 disease patterns are well classified,
and their pathological characteristics and therapeutic treatments are also
described, with a total of 10 706 herbal formulae and 1416 kinds of
acupuncture applications. In addition, a special chapter is dedicated to
Korean herbal formulae with indigenous herbal materials for the treatment
of various diseases. In the annex, various methodologies for processing
herbal materials in order to remove the toxic components out of the herbal
constituents are described in detail. Such processing methodologies are
unique and characteristic pre-treatments of crude herbal materials and for
prolonging the preservation of herbal materials. This information is a
research source for preparing the standard processing methodology in the
herbal medicine industry at the present time.
Dong Eui Bo Gam(the Treatise on Eastern Asian Medicine)
This book was written by a royal family doctor, Heo Jun (AD1610). It has
25 volumes in which he discussed and commented on various traditional
Korean and Chinese medical theories based on actual clinical experiences,
and listed more than 6800 herbal formulae and some acupuncture therapies.
This book has been recognised to be a sort of medical bible in the area of
traditional Oriental medicine, and many copies were published in China,
Japan and Taiwan. This book shows very accurate citations with a total of
83 reference books that were previously published in Korea and China
(Figure 9.3).
Sa Am ascetic’s summary of acupuncture–moxibustion therapy
Sa Am is the pseudonym of a monk who led an ascetic life during the
middle of the Chosun dynasty. His real name is unknown. He wrote the
above book, but it was not accurately known when the book was printed.
He established a new methodology of acupuncture therapy on the basis of
the five-phase theory of the Oriental cosmology. His method, which had
been outside the mainstream for a long period, has been re-discovered in recent
years, and further developed. Now clinical applications have been widely
performed by TKM doctors due to its high effectiveness on various diseases
occurring at the five viscera and six bowels. More detailed information is given
below.
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