A Study on the Soeumin’s Watery Diarrhea with Little Residue

Abstract

A Study on the Soeumin’s Watery Diarrhea with Little Residue Tae-Yeong Kim ・ Seong-Sik Park Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk Univ. Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine the meaning of the Soeumin’s Watery diarrhea with little residue(下利淸水). Methods We examined the Watery diarrhea with little residue and Daeseunggi-tang(大承氣湯) in 󰡔Sanghanlun(傷寒論)󰡕, and considered the quotation and the treatment of the Watery diarrhea with little residue in 󰡔Donguisusebowon(東醫壽世保 元)󰡕. Afterward, we considered the meaning of the Soeumin’s Watery diarrhea with little residue by comparing the view of Junggyeong Jang and Jema Lee. Results and Conclusion 1. Jaricheongsu Saeksuncheong(自利淸水 色純靑) is an expression about the aspect of the Watery diarrhea in 󰡔Sanghanlun󰡕. Especially, Saeksuncheong(色純靑) means there is no residue in Watery diarrhea, and is an expression to distinguish from Haricheonggok(下利淸穀). 2. Haricheongsu(下利淸水) is the Watery diarrhea with little residue in 󰡔Donguisusebowon󰡕. It is caused by the coldness of the Soeumin and should be understood separately from Harihwangsu(下利黃水). 3. Considering the characteristics of the Soeumin, Jema Lee divided the aspects of the Watery diarrhea according to turbidity. Then, he suggested Gwangyebujaijung-tang(官桂附子理中湯) in the warm method(溫法), Seed of Crotonis Fructus(巴 豆) in the diarrhea method(下法), and Gangchulgwanjung-tang(薑朮寬中湯) in the warm method after using the diarrhea method as the treatment of the Watery diarrhea with little residue, and aimed to treat the coldness of the Soeumin.