Secret Healer

Secret Healer, 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 told Queen Shim to deceive a young shaman named Hae-ran (Jung In-seon) who possessed 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, predicting 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 was 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.

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

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

 * as Heo Ok
 * N/A as Heo Yoon

Extended

 * Moon Ga-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
 * as So-yaeng
 * Kim Seo-yeon as an escort maid
 * Kim Chae-eun as Moo-mae
 * Song Jae-in as a Ginyeo
 * as Hwa-jin
 * as Mi-hyang
 * Kim Jong-hoon as Bat-soe
 * Kim Yong-ho
 * Kim Won-jin
 * Song Yong-ho
 * Kim Seung-pil
 * Lee Ga-kyung
 * Go Eun-min
 * Song Kyung-hwa
 * 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
 * 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
 * as Jong Sa-gwan
 * Lee Cho-hee as Kisaeng Man-wol
 * Park Chul-min as a People in Sadang
 * 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.


 * 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.