Euibangyoochui 醫方類聚, edited in 1445 under the reign of King Sejong 世宗,was a kind of the oriental medical encyclopedia. This article explores the achievements and limitations of the Euibangyoochui focusing on the part of the Cold Damage 傷寒門. I looked into the configuration of the Euibangyoochui through the introductory notes. The editors of the Euibangyoochui had collected the vast amount of medical theories and prescriptions from the ancient times until the early days of the Ming 明 Dynasty. Besides the herb therapies, they compiled the diet therapies, the contraindications, the acupuncture and moxibustion, and the training such as deep breathing and meditation which could supported the treatment.
The editors of the Euibangyoochui had collected various diseases as much as possible. And the diseases organization of the Euibangyoochui such as the Cold Damage diseases, contagious diseases, febrile diseases and other complications reflects the strong will of the Joseon government intended to control all kind of the diseases. Through the compilation of the Euibangyoochui, the Joseon medical scientists learned the medical theories and the prescriptions had been changed depending on the era and the situation. And it meant that the Joseon has to have her own medical theory, because the climate and era of the Joseon is different from that of the China. So the Euibangyoochui became the forerunner of the Korean medical work Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑 which was published in 1613. On the other hand, easy-to-use medical books and first aid handy books translated into Korean were published because the Euibangyoochui was too complicated and massive to use.