A Study on the Splenic Constipation(脾約) in Donguisusebowon

A Study on the Splenic Constipation(脾約) in Donguisusebowon Se-Won Park, Seong-Sik Park* Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk Univ. Objective The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning of Splenic Constipation(脾約) in 󰡔Donguisusebowon(東醫壽世保 元)󰡕. Methods We investigated the provisions associated with splenic constipation written in 󰡔Donguisusebowon󰡕, 󰡔Donguibogam(東醫 寶鑑)󰡕, 󰡔Shanghanlun(傷寒論)󰡕 and several papers which related to splenic constipation. Results and Conclusions 1. Splenic constipation in 󰡔Donguisusebowon󰡕 falls into the category of Soeumin Yang Depletion Symptomatology(少陰 人 亡陽病). The symptoms of splenic constipation include sweating and smooth urination. 2. Splenic constipation in 󰡔Donguisusebowon󰡕, 󰡔Shanghanlun󰡕, 󰡔Donguibogam󰡕 is based on fluid deficiency, but splenic constipation in 󰡔Donguisusebowon󰡕 is focused on sweating unlike 󰡔Shanghanlun󰡕 and sweating was quoted in 󰡔Donguibogam󰡕. 3. Splenic constipation in 󰡔Shanghanlun󰡕 and 󰡔Donguibogam󰡕 is focused primarily on constipation. The difference is that splenic constipation in 󰡔Donguibogam󰡕 relates to sweating. 4. Therefore, even if they use the same term, we need to understand that the meaning of splenic constipation in 󰡔Donguisusebowon󰡕 is different from that of 󰡔Shanghanlun󰡕 and 󰡔Donguibogam󰡕.