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KMID : 0665420130280050438
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Korean Journal of Food Culture
2013 Volume.28 No. 5 p.438 ~ p.449
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Review of Application of Medicinal Porridges by King-Injo of the Joseon Dynasty - Based on the Records from The Daily Records of the Royal Secretariat of Joseon Dynasty -
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Lim Hyun-Jung
Cha Wung-Seok
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Abstract
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During the Joseon Dynasty, medicinal foods derived fromherbs were often more effective than traditional medicines. In
addition, the royal family of theJoseon Dynasty believed that foods could be used as various disease treatments. Grainbased foods, especially medicinal porridges (å·ñÔ), were most frequently used for diet therapy. We investigated various types of diet-related diseases suffered by King Injo (ìÒðÓ) as well ashow the diseases were treated using medicinal porridges based on information in the SeungjeongwonIlgi (ã¯ïÙêÂìíÑÀ), which is the daily record of the Royal Secretariat of the Joseon Dynasty. This study examined the SeungjeongwonIlgi of King Injo from his1st year (1623) to 27th year (1649) on awebsite database maintained by the National Institute of Korean History. According to the records, King Injo suffered from severe diarrhea several times due mainly to febrile disease (Ûáæðñø) as well asabdominal dropsy (óìØ») throughout his entire life. Major diseases affecting King Injo were dueto his unhealthy eating habits and psychological factors. For treatment, royal doctors prescribed around 15 medicinal porridges, including nelumbo (seed) porridge (Yeonja-juk), milk porridge (Tarakjuk), Chinese dioscorea porridge (Sanyak-juk), mungbean porridge (Nokdu-juk), perilla seed porridge (Imja-juk), adzukibean porridge (Pat-juk), soybean porridge (Kong-juk), Korean-leek porridge (Buchu-juk), and so on, in addition to other medical treatments. Diet therapy using medicinal porridges has been usedthroughout history since the Joseon Dynasty period. However, knowledge of traditional diet therapy and medicinal porridges used bymonarchs in the Joseon Dynasty is insufficient. Therefore, in-depth study is needed to understand the theory of traditional medicinal foods as well as explore their application to patients in the context ofmodern medicine.
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KEYWORD
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Medicinal porridge, King Injo (ìÒðÓ), Seungjeongwon Ilgi (ã¯ïÙêÂìíÑÀ), Joseon Dynasty, diet therapy
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