During the late Chosun Dynasty, famine was the main cause of climate ecological background, such as frequent floodsand droughts, the Little Ice Age (小氷期), and epidemic. In addition, it influenced the social and cultural background, suchas failure toprovide Yiangbeop (移秧法), breakout of war and revolt, loss of farming cattle, grain consumption due tobrewing, the concentration of wealth, and tenacity of shamanism.『Limwongyungjeji』「Injeji」 of the last part had beenwritten about the famine; wild plants to raw, dried, or dried powder, or processed pharmaceutical goods. Grain couldbereplaced in more than 330 types of famine relief food and recipes; 170 species of vegetables, 34 species of vegetation, and33 kinds of fruit - the botanic foods were mainstream. Edible parts of these plant foods are those of 14 kinds: 175 speciesof leaves, 113 species of sprouts, 99 kinds of buds, and other fruits, roots, stems, flowers, etc. The recipe (poaching, salting,and oil-marinated) was written 186 times or forsoup, raw, and boiled.