동의보감(東醫寶鑑)을 통해본 예방의학적 신체활동 고찰

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present the value of preventive medicine and the direction and meaning of healthy life for modern-day people with a number of health issues through a literary review of physical activities as part of preventive medicine through the curing method stated in Donguibogam. Heo Jun said that the human body consists of three major components of Jeong, Gi and Shin, which serve as the elements of vital activities engaging in a mutually organic relationship. Apparently, cleansing one’s heart and eliminating vain greed is one of the most fundamental and the best ways to prevent illness from the perspective of today’s preventive medicine. That is, a proper understanding of the condition and status of our body and correct identification of various symptoms will be the best way to maintain health and to prevent diseases in a preventive manner. Once we understand our physical body properly, we will not use our body in a reckless manner, which leads to the phrase of ‘too much is as bad as too little’ from the recuperative perspective of Donguibogam. Therefore, Donguibogam still presents outstanding meanings and implications from the viewpoint of preventive medicine intended to prevent and cure frequent modern-day diseases. I hope that modern people inevitably engaging in irregular and precarious lifestyle will be able to live a healthier life through an ideal harmony of recuperative physical activities and regular and correct diet habits. Health is not given for free. It is required to sustain a steady practice in the right direction. The effort to back up this academically and to suggest the right direction will work in a complementary and harmonious manner in multidisciplinary approach, combining physical education with medicine.