Objective: Today, the public concern for 'Companion Animal" as a family member is ever increasing. Accordingly, the cases of traditional veterinary medicine treatment targeting a companion animal has been increasing, but the traditional records in literature about this have hardly ever been introduc...
Objective: Today, the public concern for 'Companion Animal" as a family member is ever increasing. Accordingly, the cases of traditional veterinary medicine treatment targeting a companion animal has been increasing, but the traditional records in literature about this have hardly ever been introduced to academic circles. Hereupon, this writing is intending to collect the prescriptions, which were once used for treating canine diseases, in order to report them to academic circles first. Method: This writing recorded the information about canine diseases and their treatment from the books related to the orthodox oriental medicine in East Asia, and analyzed their meanings. Result: Intial records about canine diseases are found in East Asian traditional medicine books including "Bonchoseubyu"(741), "Ilwhajajegaboncho"(unidentifiable period), "Jeungryuboncho"(1082), etc. The disease perceived by humans at that time was "gwa"(a boil) which is a kind of skin ailments. In addition, these medicine books show that people at that time concentrated on the value of use of a dog as meat rather than a pain of a dog's diseases. "Hwalsujaju"(1873)which was established during the Qing Dynasty leaves the most abundant data on canine diseases. This book perceived a dog as a precious existence watching over human housing and property, according to which, canine diseases and treatment methods are subdivided. The prescriptions for a dog's disease in our country are identifiable only in "Jeungbodanbangshinpyeon"(1913)과 "Bijeongmanbyeongtongchibeop"(1933). These books include the prescriptions not only for a dog's disease but also for a disease of a cow, horse, sheep, chicken, and pig, etc. which are familiar to us. Conclusion: The prescriptions used for a dog in East Asia were different from those for people. It was found that they used a medicine noticeably for external application for easy treatment, and in case of the use of an internal medicine, they adopted a method of getting dogs to take a medicine mixed with rice or porridge for dogs. Such a clue will be applied to the traditional- medicine-based treatment of a companion animal for the time to come.
Objective: Today, the public concern for 'Companion Animal" as a family member is ever increasing. Accordingly, the cases of traditional veterinary medicine treatment targeting a companion animal has been increasing, but the traditional records in literature about this have hardly ever been introduced to academic circles. Hereupon, this writing is intending to collect the prescriptions, which were once used for treating canine diseases, in order to report them to academic circles first. Method: This writing recorded the information about canine diseases and their treatment from the books related to the orthodox oriental medicine in East Asia, and analyzed their meanings. Result: Intial records about canine diseases are found in East Asian traditional medicine books including "Bonchoseubyu"(741), "Ilwhajajegaboncho"(unidentifiable period), "Jeungryuboncho"(1082), etc. The disease perceived by humans at that time was "gwa"(a boil) which is a kind of skin ailments. In addition, these medicine books show that people at that time concentrated on the value of use of a dog as meat rather than a pain of a dog's diseases. "Hwalsujaju"(1873)which was established during the Qing Dynasty leaves the most abundant data on canine diseases. This book perceived a dog as a precious existence watching over human housing and property, according to which, canine diseases and treatment methods are subdivided. The prescriptions for a dog's disease in our country are identifiable only in "Jeungbodanbangshinpyeon"(1913)과 "Bijeongmanbyeongtongchibeop"(1933). These books include the prescriptions not only for a dog's disease but also for a disease of a cow, horse, sheep, chicken, and pig, etc. which are familiar to us. Conclusion: The prescriptions used for a dog in East Asia were different from those for people. It was found that they used a medicine noticeably for external application for easy treatment, and in case of the use of an internal medicine, they adopted a method of getting dogs to take a medicine mixed with rice or porridge for dogs. Such a clue will be applied to the traditional- medicine-based treatment of a companion animal for the time to come.
우리나라에서 개에게 썼던 처방은 현재 『增補 單方新編」과 『秘傳萬病通治法』 등에서만 확인이 가능하다. 이 책들에서는 개뿐만 아니라 소, 말, 양, 닭, 돼지 등 우리에게 친숙한 동물들의 질환에 대한 처방들을 담고 있는데, 대개의 처방들은 이미 홍만선(洪萬選, 1643-1715)의 『山林經 濟?나 박지원(朴趾源, 1737-1805)의 『課農小抄 『 등에서 살필 수 있으나 개에 대한 처방은 우리나라에서 찾을 수 없는 것이었다.
과거 한반도의 개 사육은 어떤 목적으로 이루어졌는가?
약 3만 년 전부터 인류는 개를 가축으로 기르기 시작했으며, 유라시아 대륙 각지에서 2만 년 전의 것으로 추정되는 개의 뼈가 발견되었다. 한반도의 개 사육은 신석기시대부터 확인되며, 출토된 유적을 보면 초기에는 식용을 목적으로 길러졌으며 드물게는 순장을 하기도 하였음을 알 수 있다.12) 순장을 하였다는 것은 인간과 개 사이에 정서적 유대관계를 암시하는 대목이나 이런 유적은 드물며, 대부분은 매장된 뼈가 산재해 있어 식육을 얻기 위한 목적이 강하였던 것으로 보인다.
동물과 관련된 전통의학지식은 어떻게 구분되는가?
동물과 관련된 전통의학지식은 몇 가지로 구분된다. 첫째는 동물 자체를 약재로 사용한 경우로, 녹용과 같이 동물의 일부 부위를 가공하여 약재로 활용하는 지식이다. 둘째는 동물로 인해 생긴 질병을 다룬 경우로, 미친개에게 물렸거나 병으로 죽은 동물의 고기를 먹고 병에 걸린 사람을 치료하는 방법에 대한 지식이다. 세 번째가 동물의 질병에 대한 것으로, 동물이 병을 앓았을 때 사람이 그것을 치료하기 위한 치료 방법에 관한 지식이다.
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