본 책은 이제마의 ‘동의수세보원’을 최초로 영역한 책으로 그가 정립한 사상의학의 이론과 그에 따른 치료법을 체계적으로 알기 쉽게 설명한 해설서이다. 사상의학이란 모든 질병의 변화가 체질의 특성에 따라 달라진다고 보고, 인체를 그 기질과 성격에 따라 태양, 소양, 태음, 소음의 4가지로 구별하여 각각의 체질에 따른 처방을 해야 한다는 이론이다. 사상의학은 중의학과 구별되는 한의학의 핵심 중 하나로 한의학뿐만 아니라 일상생활에서도 널리 통용되어 일반인들에게 익숙한 의학적 접근법이라고 할 수 있다.

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.

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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

東醫壽世保元全文
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index