Ttongsul

Ttongsul
Hangul 똥술
Hanja 糞酒
Revised Romanization Ddongsul
McCune–Reischauer Ttongsul

Ttongsul, or feces wine, is a Korean medicinal drink made from feces, particularly that of humans. It is recorded in historical documents,[1] but it was first widely introduced to the present-day public by Vice Japan's Yuka Uchida in 2013. She found Dr. Lee Chang Soo, who makes this apparently traditional Korean drink.[2]

Production

Heo Jun "Dongui bogam (동의보감)" (1613)

Ttongsul may be produced in either of two ways. The more time-consuming involves submerging a bamboo stick in a chamber-pot which contains feces and alcohol. It is left there for several months as it ferments, and the ttongsul is extracted from the bamboo.[3][4][5] A more rapid method, which may produce less favorable results, simply involves mixing alcohol and feces directly for several days.[6][7]

Origin

Medicinal compounds produced from feces have a long history in China,[8] Korea, and Japan. As long ago as the Tang Dynasty, chicken manure was used this way. Other types of feces were historically used in medicines, including that of flying squirrels, bats, hares, sparrows.[9] and silkworms. In Japan, equine feces have been believed to have medicinal efficacy and have been traditionally used as a therapy since the Sengoku period. Equine feces is said to be especially effective in treating gunshot wounds by direct application to the area, or via consumption by mouth or in an aqueous mixture.[10][11][12]

Books referring to ttongsul

References

  1. ↑ “한국인, ‘똥술’ 마신다” 日 기사 논란 ["Koreans drink 'ttongsul'" Japan's controversial article] The Herald Business on 30 March 2010. "문헌 등의 기록에 의하면 예로부터 똥술은 실제로 존재했다. [According to documentary records, ttongsul really has existed since a long time ago.]"
  2. ↑ 韓国秘伝の人糞酒『トンスル』その製造過程からお味まで確かめてみよう!from VICE Japan
  3. ↑ Heo Jun "Dongui bogam (동의보감)"(1613), "將白狗屎燒成灰後混入酒中, 飲用後可治療腫瘤, 腹脹和瘀血的藥方."; "用糞便製成的韓國“糞酒” 敢嘗嗎？" from 中国新闻社 "朝鮮時代的《東醫寶鑒》還記載了將白狗屎燒成灰後混入酒中服用，可治療腹脹和淤血的藥方"
  4. ↑ "똥술" [Ttongsul]. Gyeongnam Ilbo. Archived from the original on 5 Aug 2009. 똥술은, 대의 마디를 원통처럼 잘라 그 한쪽에 작은 구멍을 내어 솔잎으로 꼼꼼히 막은 다음 뒷간에 넣어두고 한 서너 달 기다리면 그 마디 안에 맑은 액이 괴는데 그것을 다시 막걸리와 섞어 숙성시켰다. [Ttongsul is made by putting a hole in a bamboo tube, plugging up the hole by pine needles and putting the tube in the chamber pot for three to four month. Then mixing clear liquid accumulated in the tube with rice wine and ageing again.]
  5. ↑ 정연식 (2001). 일상 으로 본 조선 시대 이야기, Volume 2 [The story of daily life in Joseon Dynasty]. 청년사. p. 224. ISBN 897278351X.
  6. ↑ Rocketnews24.com
  7. ↑ "[커버스토리]별의별 술이 다 있네" [[Cover Story] Various sorts of alcoholic beverages] (in Korean). Naver News. September 6, 2003. 이런 기괴한 술 중에 가장 극적인 사례가 똥술이다. 타박상으로 울혈이 생겼을 때 막걸리에다 똥을 하룻밤 담가 두었다 마시면 낫는다고 한다. 단, 건강한 10 세 이하의 어린이 똥이라야 듣는다고 한다. 개똥과 닭똥으로도 약술 을 만든다. [One of the most dramatic cases of these bizarre liquor is ttongsul. When bruises become congested, drinking feces immersed in rice wine for a night will cure them. However, the feces must be the one of healthy children under the age of 10 year. The medical liquor is also made of feces of dog or chicken.]
  8. ↑ Nie, Jing-Bao (2002). "'Human Drugs' in Chinese Medicine and the Confucian View: An Interpretive Study". Confucian Bioethics. Philosophy and Medicine 61. pp. 167–206.
  9. ↑ Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 16, Issue 3, 1 February 2008, Pages 1133-1141 , Kyoung Ah Kanga, Rui Zhanga, Mei Jing Piaoa, Dong Ok Koa, Zhi Hong Wanga, Bum Joon Kim.
  10. ↑ 川口素生 (17 December 2001). 戦国時代なるほど事典. PHP研究所. p. 26. ISBN 978-4-569-57646-6. 血が手に入らない場合は馬の糞を水で溶いて呑ませるか、そのまま食わせました. ["If blood was not available, horse feces were taken instead either directly or by having them dissolved in water."]
  11. ↑ 歴史の謎研究会 (November 2006). 戦国時代の舞台裏: ここが一番おもしろい!. 青春出版社. ISBN 978-4-413-00859-4.
  12. ↑ Jinbutsu Nihon no rekishi 9. 1975. p. 281.

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