《黄帝内经》"洞泄"略探

Study on Tongseol in 『Hwangjenaegyeong(黃帝內經)』

According to the original texts in 『Hwangjenaegyeong(黃帝內經)』, it's considered that the Chinese character Tong(洞) in the word of Tongseol(洞泄) should be understood as fast[疾] or rapid[速], and the main symptom of Tongseol should be diarrhea of indigested food soon after a meal. Through comparing Tongseol with Dongpung(迵風) in Historical Records, we can draw the conclusions as following. Firstly, the ancient physicians attached great importance to the role of wind in the pathogenesis of diarrhea. Secondly, perhaps the ancient physicians had these ideas of "wind is rapid" and "strong wind can bring shaken" as well as "wind is related to the liver closely" already in the early Western Han Dynasty. Thirdly, the rich materials about the relationship between wind and diarrhea in 『Hwangjenaegyeong(黃帝內經)』 should be considered as the successor to the excellent thinking of their predecessors.