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KMID : 0861120220260030059
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2022 Volume.26 No. 3 p.59 ~ p.71
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Study on the Historical Aspects of SSangwha-‘tang’ (Decoction) and SSangwha-‘cha’ - How did Ssangwha-tang become Tea? -
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Park In-Hyo
Lee Sang-Jae
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Abstract
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Objective : This study examines the historical changes of Ssangwha-‘tang’, traditional restorative medicine, to a type of tea in tea rooms(Da-bang) named Ssangwha-‘cha’ in the modern era in South Korea. The goal is to understand how traditional Korean medical culture has been related to the food culture of everyday life.
Method : We analyzed traditional medical texts, newspaper articles and advertisements, literary works, and folk song lyrics in which Ssangwha-tang and Ssangwha-cha are mentioned.
Results : Ssangwha-tang used to be mentioned as a medicine to tonify ‘Yang’ energy(Bo-yang) in traditional medical texts from the late Goryeo dynasty to the mid-Joseon dynasty. Since the late Joseon dynasty, it has also been prescribed for cold, as the tonifying method(Bo-beop) gradually prevailed from the royal family to the public. Since then, Ssangwha-tang has been more popular with the public, with the emergence of the patent medicine(Mae-yak) market since the Opening port period and the Colonial period. As the number of Da-bang sharply increased nationwide amid the period of the country’s liberation, Ssangwha-tang has been included in the Da-bang menu served as Ssangwha-cha, corresponding to the increasing demands of the public and government policy that tends to favor traditional beverages over coffee.
Conclusion : The historical process in which Sssangwha-tang, a type of herbal medicine, became also considered as tea, Ssangwha-cha, provides an example of how Korean traditional medical culture emphasizing the tonification of the body is interconnected with the daily lives of the public and food culture.
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KEYWORD
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SSangwha-tang, SSangwha-cha, Medical culture, Medicinal herbs, Tonifying method
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