Formulas · Tonify Blood 補血 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Quiet the Fetus Drink

Antae-eum

한글 안태음 · Pinyin An Tai Yin

安胎飮

Cut and made into one packet, decocted in water and taken; the source recommends several packets taken regularly in the fifth and sixth months, calling the effect excellent. **Note on modern practice: cramping, bleeding, or fluid loss in pregnancy requires prompt obstetric evaluation.**

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

8 g
Chief 君
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

6 g
Chief 君 strip form (條芩)
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

4 g
Assistant 佐 ground
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.6 g
Envoy 使

Total 42 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Quiets a stirring pregnancy on the classical fetus-securing pair
Rebuilds the Blood while the heat beneath is cooled

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Fetal stirring and unrest (胎動不安)
Taken regularly through the fifth and sixth months
The chapter's standing prophylactic formula

Biomedical correlates

Threatened miscarriage — historical management
Mid-pregnancy cramping or discomfort
Preventive supportive care in pregnancy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治胎動不安. 五六箇月, 常服數貼, 甚妙. 白朮二錢, 條芩一錢半, 當歸ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ縮砂(硏)ㆍ陳皮各一錢, 川芎ㆍ紫蘇葉各八分, 甘草四分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats fetal stirring and unrest. In the fifth and sixth months, taking several packets regularly is excellent. White atractylodes 2 don; strip scutellaria 1.5 don; Korean angelica, white peony, prepared rehmannia, ground amomum, and tangerine peel, 1 don each; cnidium and perilla leaf, 8 fun each; licorice 4 fun. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The most-used fetus-quieting formula in the tradition, and its head is the classical pair — white atractylodes and scutellaria, the two herbs this chapter names again and again for securing a pregnancy. Around them the Four Substances rebuild, amomum and tangerine peel keep the building from stagnating, and perilla leaf frees the chest of a woman whose ribs are getting crowded. Notable that it is offered prophylactically, for the months when losses most often occurred. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.