사상의학의 음양론 구조와 윤리적 함의

Abstract

Traditional oriental medicine was built on the basis of the five elements theory of the principle, diagnosis, treatment, and drugs of the human body's physiology and pathology. Lee Jema changed the underlying theory from the five elements to yin and yang. Therefore, the theory of yin and yang can be said to be a fundamental theory of Sasang Medicine. Jema applied Yin-Yang Daedae Principle(陰陽待對:the idea that yin and yang need each other keenly though they are in antagonistic relationships) specifically Sojangjili(消長之理:The theory that shade decreases when sunlight increases) and the structure of the Yangsang-Yinha(陽上陰下:A structure in which the yang is above and the yin is below) and woven the human body, mind, food, and energy into a yin-yang theory structure. Among warm hot cool cold energy(溫熱凉寒) obtained through food intake, the warm hot energy acts in the upward direction and the cool cold energy in the downward direction. Taesoeumyangin(太少陰陽人) Sasangin(四象人) is classified according to the size of the lung, spleen, liver, and kidney(肺脾肝腎). In Taesoeumyangin(太少陰陽人), each viscera is composed of Daedae relationship. If the lungs are large and the liver is small, it’s Taeyangin, large liver and small lungs were classified as Taeumin. Large spleen and small kidney were classified as Soyangin, and large and small spleen were classified as Soeumin. In the case of Happiness, Anger, Sadness, and Fun (喜怒哀樂), which are human minds, Happiness and Anger are yang's mind, so they go upward, and Sadness, and Fun are yin's mind, so they descend downward. The body's energy, Singi Hyeoljeong (神氣血精) is the same. Confucianism calls for the operation of human sensory functions and the regulation of emotions based on ethical justification. Lee Jema emphasizes that the regulation of human sense organs and emotions has a profound effect on human body health. This is a physiological extension of the ethics of Confucianism to emphasize. The level of body energy stored in the human body depends on the action of the sensory organs, and the measure of the health of the energy injected into the viscera and entrails depends on the human emotion regulation. Sasang Medicine has ethical implications in that the use of sensory organs according to propriety and proper control of emotions is not limited to the Justifiable Confucianism ethic, but can be converted into physiological utility to attract people's realistic health needs.