Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Junggyeong (仲景)

Lily Bulb, Talc and Hematite Decoction

Baekhaphwalseokdaeja-tang

한글 백합활석대자탕 · Pinyin Bai He Hua Shi Dai Zhe Tang

百合滑石代赭湯

如上法 refers to the preparation of 百合知母湯 immediately preceding: soak the bulbs overnight, discard the water, decoct the lily and the mineral drugs separately and combine the liquors.

Composition 構成

Baekhap Bai He
百合 백합 · Lily Bulb

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Chief 君

seven bulbs, soaked overnight and the water discarded
Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

120 g
Deputy 臣
Daejaseok Dai Zhe Shi
代赭石 대자석 · Hematite

40 g
Assistant 佐

Total 160 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Moistens the lung and settles rebellious qi
Clears heat left after purging

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lily disease following purgative treatment
Qi rebelling upward after the bowel has been emptied

Biomedical correlates

Post-purgative nausea with restlessness
Convalescent reflux after diarrhoeal illness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治下後百合證. 百合七枚, 滑石三兩, 代赭石一兩. 右煎如上法服. 《仲景》

Translation

Treats the lily pattern after purging. Lily bulb, seven; talc, 3 nyang; hematite, 1 nyang. Decoct and take by the method given above. — Junggyeong 仲景 (Donguibogam · Han, lower)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Second of the six, and the pairing follows from what the purge did. Emptying the bowel drops the qi, and what rises in its place is rebellious — hence hematite, the heaviest settling drug in the materia medica, which pulls that upward surge back down. Talc at triple dose drains the residual heat out through the urine, which is the only route left open once the bowel has been stripped. The lily bulb is constant across all six formulas; what changes is what is put beside it, and here it is two minerals, one heavy and one draining. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.