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Comparative Studies On Pancakarma Of 『Caraka-Saṃhitā』 And A Method Of Sweat, Vomit And Diarrhea(汗吐下)

  • The Journal Of Korean Medical Classics
  • Abbr : JKMC
  • 2011, 24(2), pp.13~22
  • Publisher : 대한한의학원전학회
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

이경원 1 하홍기 1 서지영 1 Kim, Ki Wook 1

1동국대학교

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ABSTRACT

『Caraka-saṃhitā (闍羅迦集)』 and 『Suśruta-saṃhitā(妙聞集)』 are the most important medical scriptures in India and are called the three scriptures of Ayuverda including 『Astanga-hrdaya-saṃhitā (八心集)』 (which integrates and summarizes internal medicine and surgery.) that is scribed in 8C. Scriptures that have been told today are deemed to be written in 3 ~ 4C. The three scriptures of Ayuverda and 『Yellow Emperor's Canon Internal Medicine(黃帝內經)』 are very similar in historical position, transmission and separation and addition, pattern and importance of contents, etc, from the aspect of formation and transmission of scriptures when compared with herb medicine. The characteristics that 『SuWen(素問)』 concentrates on medical theory and 『LingShu(靈樞)』 focuses on acupuncture therapy are similar with the characteristics that 『Caraka-saṃhitā』 values internal medicine and 『Suśruta-saṃhitā』 appreciates surgery. The chapter 8 of 『Caraka-saṃhitā (闍羅迦集)』 is called as 'a volume of completion (or a volume of success)' and describes details of ‘pancakarma (which means five representative treatment methods, that is successful regulations of two kinds of basti(灌腸)、śirsavirecana(油劑)、virecana(下劑)、vamana(吐劑). Therefore, the author compares summery of 'internal therapy' of Indian medicine and drug treatment method with Method Of 'Sweat, Vomit And Diarrhea of the representative treatment in herb medicine, based on <RuMenShiQin(儒門事親)> of ZhangZiHe(張子和).

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