"Uibangryuchi", the First Medical Encyclopedia of Traditional Koryo Medicine

The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung taught us as follows.

"Our nation, living on this land from the dawning of human culture, created its own native culture and contributed to the development of mankind's science and culture." (KIM IL SUNG'S WORKS Vol.40, p.293)

The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung and the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il let us treasure the valuable creations of our people and let us explore and restore that represents the wisdom and talents of our nation and glorified our time-honored history and brilliant culture throughout the world

"Uibangryuchi" is traditional Koryo Medicine edited by collecting 150 pieces of Koryo medical books at home and abroad based on all the successes and experiences made in the development of the Koryo Medicine of our country since the establishment of the Koryo medical theory until the early 15th century.

From 1443 to 1445, this book was edited to have 365 volumes and undergone 3 times of revision and correction and finally 266 volumes were published in 1447 with copper letters.

In the first part of the book, there are preface, the application of the law, cited names of the books, general contents and contents according to every disease and prescription index and consists of 3 introductions and 263 particulars.

In the introductions, there written the Koryo medical examination, prescription method, administration, the principle of the Koryo medicine and the traits of the doctors and the nature, effectiveness and legislative system of individual Koryo medicine.

In the particulars, the internal medicine, external medicine, acute epidemics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, dental, the skin, gynecology, paediatry are described including 5 internal organs. The average page for each book of 266 volumes is about 205 pages and has 9 longitudinal lines with 17 letters for each line.

"Uibangryuchi" is the first classic Koryo traditional medical encyclopedia with 60,000 pages which is the most unique and the most enormous in its publishing history and it was well known as the first medical encyclopedia. In 1861, it was also published in Japan.

The original book was lost due to the plunders and wars by the foreign aggressors.

Under the wise leadership of the great leaders to glorify national cultural heritage, the medical publishing House translated and published the original book of "Uibangryuchi" binding 13 volumes together to have the total of 20 separated books from Juche 63(1974) to Juche 69 (1980) to make it possible to be able to be hand down generation to generation. At the front of every separated book, there was a translated version of the book and the later part was the original book with the Chinese characters. To help the convenience of the readers, the pages of the translated version and original works were conformed, and new content was added.

Although it has some disadvantages such as not fully developed and being unscientific and also carries some superstitions due to the immaturity of the socio-historical and science development in those days but because it is permeated with the wisdom and talents of our people it has become one of the country's precious treasures.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, with firm conviction to make our country the world most civilized, powerful thriving country with time-honored history and brilliant culture devotes to defend and glorify the history and tradition of the nation developing the precious mental and material heritage achieved by our ancestors.

Under the wise leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, our national heritage will shine brilliantly more and more as the time goes.