Yokukansan Descriptions in the Original Texts
10.3937/kampomed.65.180
- VernacularTitle:抑肝散の原典について
- Author:
Akira KINEBUCHI
;
Hiroshi KOSOTO
;
Yoko KIMURA
;
Yasushi FUJII
;
Kazumoto INAKI
;
Sachi NAGAO
;
Kyoko KONDO
;
Mayuko YAMAZAKI
;
Hiroyuki TANAKA
;
Kaori KATO
;
Hiroshi SATO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
yokukansan;
Xue ji （薛己）;
Xue kai （薛鎧）;
Bao-ying cuo-yao （保嬰撮要）;
Bao-ying jin-jing-lu （保嬰金鏡録）
- From:Kampo Medicine
2014;65(3):180-184
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We investigated original texts for yokukansan, a familiar Kampo formula, focusing on the classical literature Xue-shi yi-an (薛氏医案) . Yokukansan was described in the Bao-ying jin-jing-lu (保嬰金鏡録) written by Xue ji (薛己) in 1550, the Xiao-er yao-zheng zhi-jue (小児薬証直訣) revised by Xue ji (薛己) in 1551,the Bao-ying cuo-yao (保嬰撮要) by Xue kai (薛鎧) in 1556, and the Xiao-er dou-zhen fang-lun (小児痘疹方論) in 1550. The phrase “one's own work” was used in “Bao-ying jin-jing-lu (保嬰金鏡録)” and in the Xiao-er dou-zhen fang-lun (小児痘疹方論) by Chen wen-zhong (陳文仲). However, there was no mention of “one's own work” in the same title, the Xiao-er dou-zhen fang-lun (小児痘疹方論), as summarized by Xiong zong-li (熊宗立).
Yokukansan was found only in the Xiao-er yao-zheng zhi-jue (小児薬証直訣) revised by Xue ji (薛己) in 1551, but not in the other copies of the same text. Therefore, it seems likely that yokukansan was created by Xue ji (薛己) himself.
Yokukansan was previously thought to have originated with the Bao-ying cuo-yao (保嬰撮要). However, based on use of the phrase “one's own work” in the classical literature, it appears that the original text for yokukansan should be the Bao-ying jin-jing-lu (保嬰金鏡録). Therefore, yokukansan seems to have been made by Xue ji (薛己), and not Xue kai (薛鎧), who was his father.
