Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)
Mugwort and Vinegar Decoction
Aecho-tang
한글 애초탕 · Pinyin Ai Cu Tang
Mugwort leaf boiled in good vinegar; half a cup is taken. If there is great pain in the abdomen, a pregnancy is present; if there is no pain, there is none. Note on modern practice: recorded as text — contemporary practice uses standard pregnancy testing.
Composition 構成
- Aeyeop艾葉 애엽 · Mugwort Leaf20 g
Chief 君
Total 20 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Tests for the presence of a pregnancy in a single cup
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Determining whether a pregnancy is present (驗胎有無)
- The simplest diagnostic preparation in the chapter
Biomedical correlates
- Historical pregnancy testing
- Diagnostic preparations of the era
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
驗胎有無. 以好醋煮艾葉, 服半盞. 腹中大痛, 是孕, 不痛, 無孕. 《醫鑑》
Translation
Tests whether a pregnancy is present. Boil mugwort leaf in good vinegar and take half a cup. If there is great pain within the abdomen, it is a pregnancy; if there is no pain, there is none. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Buin)