Emi Sampaku's Remedy and Theory of Medicine :From a Viewpoint of the Philosophy of Medicine

Abstract

Emi Sampaku (1707-1781) is one of the great Koiho (old medical school) practitioners along with Yoshimasu Todo who is from the same province as Sampaku.In general, he was depicted as an “intensive medicine dozer” ; however it doesn't seem to be his factual depiction.
This kind of misapprehension is caused by a scarcity in exploration on him, especially his philosophy of medicine, nevertheless being such a great master in that field. Now in this paper I would look over the quintessence of his remedy and the theory of medicine to clarify his philosophy of medicine through investigations on his volumes such as Emikun Ijidan, Emineiko Sensei Igen, Emi Sensei Iho Ryakusetsu, Toho Shiron.
As a result of my survey, it has been clarified that Sampaku took his way of remedy on accordance with the curate diagnoses which were brought about through his Shinshi-jikken “Experience and Verification”. Put it in another way, Sampaku took intensive medicine for vomiting/purgative remedy merely under the necessity. He is one of “a man of discerning eyes”.