# Secret Healer

Secret Healer (Korean: 마녀보감; Hanja: 魔女寶鑑; RR: Manyeobogam; lit. Mirror of the Witch), is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Yoon Shi-yoon, Kim Sae-ron, Lee Sung-jae, Yum Jung-ah and Kwak Si-yang. The story of the series is inspired by the book titled Dongui Bogam. It aired on cable network JTBC's Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) time slot from May 13 to July 16, 2016 for 20 episodes.

## Synopsis

Queen Shim (Jang Hee-jin), is a royal queen in the palace who, unable to have a child, seeks the help of a shaman named Hong-joo (Yum Jung-ah) to give birth to a prince. Hong-joo tells Queen Shim to deceive a young shaman named Hae-ran (Jung In-seon) who possesses special abilities enabling her to sleep with the king so she can become pregnant. Hong-joo then uses black magic to transfer the fetus to the Queen and plans to kill Hae-ran. Unfortunately, Hae-ran finds out everything, and foretells the sad fate of the Queen's babies before dying. Queen Shim later gives birth to twins, Crown Prince Soonhwae (Yeo Hoe-hyun) and princess Yeon-hee (Kim Sae-ron), but is forced to abandon the princess due to the curse. With the help of Shaman Choi Hyun-seo (Lee Sung-jae), Yeon-hee grows up as a beautiful young girl, but she is forced to remain isolated and away from everyone, living in a house surrounded by talismans. Poong-yeon (Kwak Si-yang), Hyun-seo's son, has had a crush on her since he was young. A young scholar named Heo Jun (Yoon Shi-yoon), the son of a slave and a rich master, has a chance encounter with Yeon-hee and Heo Jun ties their fate as they journey together to lift the princess' curse which causes everyone she loves to die an awful death.

## Cast
### Main

* Yoon Shi-yoon as Heo Jun
* Kim Sae-ron as Princess Seo-ri / Yeon-hee
* Lee Sung-jae as Choi Hyun-seo
* Yum Jung-ah as Shaman Choi Hong-joo
* Kwak Si-yang as Poong-yeon

### Supporting
#### Royal household

* Jang Hee-jin as Queen Shim
* Lee Ji-hoon as King Seonjo
* Yeo Hoe-hyun as Crown Prince Soonhwoe

#### People of Sogyeokseo

* Lee Yi-kyung as Yo-kwang
* N/A as Cheon-choo
* N/A as Cheon-kwon
* N/A as Ok-hyung
* N/A as Gae-yang

#### Heo Jun's family

* Jo Dal-hwan [ko] as Heo Ok
* N/A as Heo Yoon

### Extended

* Moon Ka-young as Sol-gae, Poong-yeon's confidant and escort warrior
* Min Do-hee as Soon-deuk, Heo Jun's assistant
* Choi Sung-won as Dong-rae, the one and only friend of Heo-jun also a merchant from Sangdan
* Hwang Young-hee as Ms. Jeong
* Hwang Mi-young [ko] as So-yaeng
* Kim Seo-yeon as an escort maid
* Kim Chae-eun as Moo-mae
* Song Jae-in as a Ginyeo
* Jung Yoo-min as Hwa-jin
* Kim So-hye [ko] as Mi-hyang
* Kim Jong-hoon as Bat-soe
* Kim Yong-ho
* Kim Won-jin
* Kwon Hyuk-poong [ko]
* Song Yong-ho
* Kim Seung-pil
* Lee Ga-kyung
* Go Eun-min
* Song Kyung-hwa
* Son Young-soon [ko]
* Lee Gyu-bok
* Nam Tae-boo
* Kwon Hyeok-soo
* Moon Soo-jong
* Yoo Il-han
* Seok Bo-bae
* Jang Yong-cheol
* Ahn Min-sang
* Park Se-jin
* Yoo Seung-il
* Seol Joo-mi

### Special appearances

* Kim Young-ae as Queen Yoon
* Lee David as King Myeongjong
* Jung In-sun as Hae-ran, Seo-ri's mother
* Yoon Bok-in as Mrs. Ok, Poong-yeon's mother
* Jeon Mi-seon as Mrs. Son, Heo Jun's stepmother
* Kim Hee-jung as Mrs. Kim
* Shim Hoon-gi [ko] as Jong Sa-gwan
* Lee Cho-hee as Kisaeng Man-wol
* Park Chul-min as a People in Sadang
* Im Hyun-sung [ko] as Too Jun-kkoon
* Kang Han-na as Queen Park
* Kim Kap-soo as Heo Jun after 40 years
* Ahn Gil-kang as a Mysterious man
* Nam Da-reum as Heo Jun's disciple

## Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| 1 | May 13, 2016 | A Cursed Child (저주가 깃든 아이) | 2.606% | 2.401% | 2.2% |
| 2 | May 14. 2016 | That Kite! I Will Bring It Back (저 연! 제가 가져 오겠습니다) | 1.830% | 2.063% | 1.9% |
| 3 | May 20, 2016 | Everyone is Born For a Reason (사람은 누구나 태어난 이유가 있어) | 2.422% | 2.616% | 2.2% |
| 4 | May 21, 2016 | Do You Want To Save Everyone? You Only Have To Die. Only You (모두를 살리고 싶으냐? 너만 죽으면 된다. 너만) | 1.903% | <2.106% | 1.7% |
| 5 | May 27, 2016 | Please, Don't Leave Me (제발 절 두고 가지 마세요) | 2.545% | 2.631% | 2.2% |
| 6 | May 28, 2016 | We Will Meet Again in Front of Despair and Fate (절망과 운명 앞에서 다시 만나다) | 2.705% | 3.225% | 2.0% |
| 7 | June 4, 2016 | "My Lord, It is Starting Again." Hinting Misfortune ("대감 이제 다시 시작입니다." 불행 암시) | 2.986% | 3.112% | 2.2% |
| 8 | June 4, 2016 | Heo Joon, grab the approaching Yeon Hee "Hong ssi..?" (허준, 다가오는 연희 잡고 아련 "홍시..?") | 2.525% | 2.683% | 2.2% |
| 9 | June 10, 2016 | Heo Jun, You'll See. "I am Your Choice" (허준, 나가보면 알겠지. "내가 너의 결계가 맞는지") | 2.380% | 2.589% | 2.1% |
| 10 | June 11, 2016 | Attacked by the 'Red Gentleman's Robe'! ('붉은 도포'에 습격당하다!) | 2.004% | <2.276% | 1.7% |
| 11 | June 17, 2016 | Whatever You Look Like, to me it's all the same Yeon Hee (네가 어떤 모습이든 나에겐 다 똑같은 연희다) | 2.260% | 2.467% | 2.2% |
| 12 | June 18, 2016 | Please Don't Go (제발 가지마) | 2.095% | <2.634% | 1.7% |
| 13 | June 24, 2016 | Yeon Hee who has entered the palace, declares war to Hong Joo (궁으로 들어간 '공주' 서리, 홍주에 선전포고) | 2.797% | 3.003% | 2.3% |
| 14 | June 25, 2016 | Stick The Knife In! (칼을 꽂다!) | 1.692% | <2.143% | 1.6% |
| 15 | July 1, 2016 | Heo Jun, I have to solve my ancestral black magic! (허준, 선조가 걸린 흑주술을 풀어야만 한다!) | 2.742% | 3.017% | 2.4% |
| 16 | July 2, 2016 | Heo Jun's Worn-out Ebony Sword (홍주가 휘두른 흑단검에 쓰러진 풍연) | 1.797% | <2.058% | 1.6% |
| 17 | July 8, 2016 | ??????? (허준 - 연희, 남은 시간만이라도 함께 있게 해주세요) | 2.322% | 2.184% | 1.9% |
| 18 | July 9, 2016 | ??????? (절벽에 떨어진 허준 - 폭주하는 연희) | 1.697% | <2.218% | 1.6% |
| 19 | July 15, 2016 | ??????? (허준, 연희 살리기 위해 고군분투 "너를 위해 살 거다") | 2.709% | 3.182% | 2.1% |
| 20 | July 16, 2016 | ??????? | 2.773% | 2.944% | 1.9% |
| Average | Average | Average | 2.340% | <2.578% | 2.0% |
* This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS and MBC and EBS).

## Remark

Episode 7 did not air on Friday June 3 due to the broadcast of the 52nd Paeksang Arts Awards. This episode was aired on Saturday June 4, the same day as episode 8.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2016 | 9th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Kim Sae-ron | Won |