『Longevity and Life Preservation in Eastern Medicine』은 사상의학의 창시자로 알려진 이제마의 ‘동의수세보원’을 최초로 영역한 책으로 그가 정립한 사상의학의 이론과 그에 따른 치료법을 체계적으로 알기 쉽게 설명한 해설서이다. 또한 이 책에는 인체를 그 기질과 성격에 따라 태양, 소양, 태음, 소음의 사상으로 나누고 모든 질병의 변화는 체질의 특성에 따라 달라진다고 보고 그 원리를 상세히 밝혀 놓음으로써 누구나 이 책을 통해 인간 생리의 특수성을 이해하고 처방을 운용할 수 있게 하였다.
1996년에 출간된 이후 지속적인 수정 및 보완작업을 통해 개정 증보된 ‘동의수세보원’은 초판보다 이제마 선생의 뜻을 좀 더 근접하게 담아내기 위한 노력의 결실로, 한의학 분야에 종사하는 사람뿐만 아니라 자기의 타고난 체질을 알고 그에 맞추어 양생하고자 하는 일반 독자들에게도 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이다.
Contents
On the Revised Edition
Preface
Translator’s Note
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Life Story of Lee Je-ma
PART Ⅰ
1. Discourse on Nature and Order
2. Discourse on the Four Principles
3. Discourse on the Establishment and Supplement
4. Discourse on Viscera and Bowels
5. Discourse on the Origin of Eastern Medicine
PART Ⅱ
1. Discourse on the Soeum (Lesser Yin) Person’s Exterior Febrile Disease Induced from the Kidney Affected by Heat
2. Discourse on the Lesser Yin Person’s Interior Cold Disease Induced from the Stomach Affected by Cold
3. General Remarks on the Lesser Yin Person
3-1. Twenty Three Prescriptions for the Lesser Yin Person’s Disease from Zhang Zhongjing’s『Shanghanlun』
3-2. Thirteen Prescriptions and Six Other Prescriptions Containing Semen Crotonis for the Lesser Yin Person’s Disease Mentioned in the Writings of Famous Doctors in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties
3-3. Twenty Four Newly Created Prescriptions for the Lesser Yin Person’s Disease
PART Ⅲ
1. Discourse on the Soyang (Lesser Yang) Person’s Exterior Cold Disease Induced from the Spleen Affected by Cold
2. Discourse on the Lesser Yang Person’s Interior Febrile Disease Induced from the Stomach Affected by Heat
3. General Remarks on the Lesser Yang Person
3-1. Ten Prescriptions for the Lesser Yang Person’s Disease from Zhang Zhongjing’s『Shanghanlun』
3-2. Nine Prescriptions for the Lesser Yang Person’s Disease Mentioned in the Writings of Famous Doctors in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties
3-3. Seventeen Newly Created Prescriptions for the Lesser Yang Person’s Disease
PART Ⅳ
1. Discourse on the Taieum (Greater Yin) Person’s Exterior Cold Disease Induced from the Epigastrium Affected by Cold
2. Discourse on the Greater Yin Person’s Interior Febrile Disease Induced from the Liver Affected by Heat
2-1. Four Prescriptions for the Greater Yin Person’s Disease from Zhang Zhongjing’s『Shanghanlun』
2-2. Nine Prescriptions for the Greater Yin Person’s Disease Mentioned in the Writings of Famous Doctors in the Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties
2-3. Twenty Four Important Newly Formulated Prescriptions for the Greater Yin Person’s Disease
PART Ⅴ
1. Discourse on the Taiyang (Greater Yang) Person’s Lumbar Vertebrae Disease Induced by Exopathogen
2. Discourse on the Greater Yang Person’s Small Intestine Disease Induced by Endopathogen
2-1. Ten Recommended Herbs for the Greater Yang Person’s Disease (Mentioned in the “Materia Medica”) Based on My Experiences, and Two Herbs Based on the Experiences of Li Chan and Gong Xin
2-2. Two Newly Formulated Prescriptions Applicable to the Greater Yang Person’s Disease
PART Ⅵ
1. Discourse on General Health Maintenance
2. Discourse on Identifying the Four Constitutions
3. Epilogue