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KMID : 1141020090090010059
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Journal of Applied Oriental Medicine
2009 Volume.9 No. 1 p.59 ~ p.66
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Hyeongok`s Boseemtang was combined according to the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines
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Shin Soon-Shik
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Abstract
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Background and Objectives: There are five kinds of formulas for invigorating the heart to cure its asthenic syndrome based on the types of preparation formulas: Boseemtang, Boseemhwan, Boseemsan, Boseemjoo and Boseemdan. There are 21 kinds of Boseemtang, 11 kinds of Boseemhwan, 1 kind of Boseemsan, one kind of Boseemjoo, and five kinds of Boseemdan. Combination of herbal medicines, carried out in formulas for invigorating the heart, consists of various kinds depending on medical scientists` personal experience in mecical treatment without any general principles, which makes it difficult to apply it to clinical use. The objectives of this study lie in theoretical establishment of Boseemtang for curing the asthenic syndrome of heart through analyzing the component medicines and combination principles of Hyeongok`s Boseemtang, and furthermore, maximizing the clinical use of Boeemtang.
Methods: This study analyzed the component medicines and combination principles of Hyeongok`s Boseemtang based on the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines from the 『Yellow Emperor`s Canon of Internal Medicine』, the theory for principal herbal medicine, assistant herbal medicine, adjuvant herbal medicine, dispatcher herbal medicine, and the five elements doctrine. Hyeongok`s Boseemtang is an odd prescription, composed of 7 kinds of ingredients : No.1 Carapax Et Plastrumtestudinis (3don;11.25g), No.2 Concha Ostreae (ldon;3.75g), No.3 Radix Angelicae Sinerisis (ldon), No.4 Rhizoma Chuanxiong (ldon), No.5 Ramulus Cinnamomi (ldon), No.6 Os Draconis (ldon), and No.7 Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparata (ldon).
Results : There are three methods for curing the asthenic syndrome of heart according to the five elements doctrine : invigorating the heart, invigorating the liver and purging the kidney. First, if you suffer from the asthenic syndrome of the heart, you need to invigorate your heart. There are two available methods, including taste and property invigoration according to the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines. They each imply the salty taste and the hot property invigorate the heart. In the case of taste invigoration, two herbal medicines with salty taste, Carapax Et Plastrumtestudinis and Concha Ostreae, are combined into the principal and assistant herbal medicine, respectively. For property invigoration, two herbal medicines with the hot property, Ramulus Cinnamomi and Os Draconis, are combined into adjuvant herbal medicines. Secondly, if you suffer from the asthenic syndrome of the heart, you need to invigorate your liver which is mother in the mother-child relationship in inter-promotion among the five elements. There are two methods to invigorate the liver, including taste and property invigoration according to the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines. They each mean the pungent taste and the warm property invigorate the liver. Therefore, it is important to use pungent herbal medicines for taste invigoration and warm ones for property invigoration. Both pungent and warm herbal medicines, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Rhizoma Chuanxiong, are combined into adjuvant herbal medicines. Lastly, if you suffer from the asthenic syndrome of the heart, you need to purge your kidney which is an element being surpassed in the relationship between the elements surpassed and ones not surpassed in inter-restraint among the five elements. There are two methods to purge the kidney, which include taste and property purgation according to the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines. Taste purgation means to purge the kidney with salty taste and property purgation to purge the kidney with hot property. Therefore, it is important to use salty herbal medicines for taste purgation and hot ones for property purgation. Salty herbal medicines, Carapax Et Plastrumtestudinis and Concha Ostreae, were combined to invigorate the heart and purge the kidney. Hot herbal medicines. Ramulus Cinnamomi and Os Draconis, were combined to invigorate the heart and purge the kidney. In addition, Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparata are combined as dispatcher herbal medicine, harmonizing all the herbal medicines composing the formula.
Conclusions : First, to cure the asthenic syndrome of the heart, the methods of invigorating the heart and the liver, and purging the kidney should be used according to the five elements doctrine. Secondly, herbal medicines appropriate for those treatment methods should be chosen according to the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicine and thirdly, the combination of those herbal medicines should be carried out according to the theory for principal herbal medicine, assistant herbal medicine, adjuvant herbal medicine, dispatcher herbal medicine. As a good example, Hyeongok`s Boseemtang is combined according to the above theories. In conclusion, this formula was created by applying to the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines.
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KEYWORD
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Boseemtang, the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines, the asthenic syndrome of the heart, Carapax Et Plastrumtestudinis, Concha Ostreae, the five elements doctrine
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