Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Junggyeong (仲景)

Lily Bulb and Anemarrhena Decoction

Baekhapjimo-tang

한글 백합지모탕 · Pinyin Bai He Zhi Mu Tang

百合知母湯

Lily bulb is counted by the bulb rather than by weight, so grams are given as 0.

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
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

40 g
Deputy 臣

decocted separately

Total 40 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Moistens the lung and quiets the spirit
Clears heat left after sweating

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lily disease following sweating treatment
Fluid damage from sweating with restlessness and vague distress

Biomedical correlates

Post-infectious dysautonomia after dehydration
Convalescent anxiety with dry mouth

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治汗後百合證. 百合七枚, 知母一兩. 右先將百合水浸一宿, 當白沫出, 去其水, 更以井水二盞, 煎至一盞, 去滓. 又將井水二盞另煎知母, 取一盞, 去滓. 二汁和勻, 同煎取一盞半, 分溫再服. 《仲景》

Translation

Treats the lily pattern after sweating. Lily bulb, seven; anemarrhena, 1 nyang. First soak the lily bulb in water overnight — a white froth will come out — discard that water, then take two cups of well water, decoct down to one cup and strain. Separately decoct the anemarrhena in two cups of well water, take one cup and strain. Mix the two liquors evenly, decoct together down to a cup and a half, and take warm in two divided doses. — Junggyeong 仲景 (Donguibogam · Han, lower)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The first of Zhongjing's six lily formulas, and the set is organized by what was done to the patient before: this one is for lily disease that follows sweating. The preparation is as specific as the pattern — soak the bulbs overnight, throw away the frothy water, then decoct the two drugs separately and combine the liquors. The discarded soaking water is held to carry off the bulb's harshness, and separate decoction keeps anemarrhena's cooling action from being blunted. Sweating costs fluid, so anemarrhena at a full nyang replaces what was lost while the lily bulb settles a spirit left unmoored by the illness. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.