Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)

White Peony Powder

Baekjakyak-san

한글 백작약산 · Pinyin Bai Shao Yao San

白芍藥散

Each herb dry-fried to a yellow color and powdered; 2 don stirred into thin rice water, twice daily. Note on modern practice: discharge with odor, itching, pain, or bleeding warrants evaluation for infection.

Composition 構成

Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

80 g
Chief 君 dry-fried to yellow
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

20 g
Deputy 臣 dry-fried to yellow

Total 100 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

Binds a discharge that has run long and will not stop
Warms the cold beneath it with a quarter measure of ginger

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Red and white discharge long unceasing (赤白帶久不止)
Chronic discharge on a cold vacuous ground
The simplest securing powder in the chapter

Biomedical correlates

Chronic vaginal discharge — historical management
Long-standing discharge with cold-pattern signs
Supportive care

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治赤白帶久不止. 白芍藥二兩, 乾薑五錢. 右各炒黃色爲末, 米飮調下二錢, 日二. 《綱目》

Translation

Treats red and white discharge long unceasing. White peony 2 nyang; dried ginger 5 don. Dry-fry each to a yellow color and powder; take 2 don stirred into thin rice water, twice daily. — Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · Po)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two herbs at four to one, both browned in the pan before use — peony to gather and bind what is escaping, dried ginger to warm the ground it escapes from. The dry-frying is the whole preparation: heat applied beforehand so that a sour astringent and a hot mover both arrive gentled. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.