Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Formula for a Nose That Cannot Smell

Bi Bulmun Hyangchwi Bang

한글 비불문향취방 · Pinyin Bi Bu Wen Xiang Chou Fang

鼻不聞香臭方

The base text gives this as an unnamed 一方; it is entered under a descriptive title.

Composition 構成

Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

12 g
Chief 君

3 don
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Deputy 臣
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Assistant 佐

Total 52 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

Treats a nose that does not smell scent or stench

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Loss of smell

Biomedical correlates

Anosmia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

薄荷三錢, 細辛ㆍ白芷ㆍ防風ㆍ羌活ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ半夏ㆍ桔梗ㆍ陳皮ㆍ赤茯苓各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Mint 3 don; asarum, angelica dahurica, saposhnikovia, notopterygium, angelica, chuanxiong, pinellia, platycodon, tangerine peel and red poria 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Bi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Mint tripled over everything else, with Ijin-tang's three underneath — for a nose blocked by phlegm rather than by cold. The Hoechun gives it no name, which is why it sits last in the section. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.