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KMID : 1145720160040010001
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Korean Herbal Medicine Informatics
2016 Volume.4 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.12
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Types of method of Yang-beop(禳法, defeating the disease) appeared in Korean medical publications
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Kim Seon-Jin
Lee Jung-Hyun
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Abstract
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Yang-beop(禳法, Defeating the disease) is the practice to defeat the disease by incantation, amulet and incense. Medical practice can be classified as Shamanism and medical techniques. Yang-beop stands between Shamanism and medical techniques. The purpose of this paper is to classify the types of Yang-beop and verify the position in the traditional society. Yang-beop(禳法) can be divided into senses of hearing, vision, touch, smell and taste which patients feel. Sense of hearing is the incarnation or mantra. The sense of visual is the amulet consists of picture or sentence. The sense of touch is the method to have objects to defeat the evil. The sense of smell is the method to smell incense or smoke. The sense of taste is to take things to defeat the evil. Yang-beop(禳法) was used for the disease with low rate of treatment, non-tangible disease, and for the circumstance such as birth, where person is hard to be involved to rent a power commissioned by God, to pray the luck for patients or defeat the evil. Yang-beop in the traditional society was medical practice included in the medical treatment rather than Shamanism. In order to understand the medical practice in the traditional society, it shall be researched with Taekilbeop (Date selection method).
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KEYWORD
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Yang-beop(禳法), Shamanism, medical techniques, mantra, amulet
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