Formulas · Supplement 補益 · Samin Geukil Byeongwonnon (三因極一病源論)

Completed Transformation Decoction

Bihwa-tang

한글 비화탕 · Pinyin Bei Hua Tang

備化湯

Composition 構成

Mogwa Mu Gua
木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince

6 g
Chief 君

1 jeon 5 pun
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

6 g
Chief 君

1 jeon 5 pun
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

5 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon 2 pun 5 ri
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

5 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon 2 pun 5 ri, blast-fried
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 jeon
Bokbunja Fu Pen Zi
覆盆子 복분자 · Korean Raspberry

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 jeon
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3 g
Envoy 使

7 pun
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

5 slices

Total 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

For the chuk and mi years, when greater yin governs heaven and greater yang is in the spring
Warms and supplements against damp, softening the sinews and settling the joints

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Greater yin damp earth governing heaven — heaviness with swelling of the feet
Bound and stiff joints with lumbar pain and wilting sinews

Biomedical correlates

Damp arthralgia with oedema — historical treatment

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

木瓜ㆍ茯神各一錢半, 牛膝ㆍ附子(炮) 各一錢二分半, 熟地黃ㆍ覆盆子各一錢, 甘草七分. 右剉, 入薑五片, 水煎服. 《三因》

Translation

Quince and poria-with-wood, 1 jeon 5 pun each; achyranthes and aconite accessory root (blast-fried), 1 jeon 2 pun 5 ri each; prepared rehmannia and raspberry, 1 jeon each; licorice 7 pun. Cut up, add five slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Samin 三因 (Donguibogam · Cheonjiungi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The year formula for chuk and mi years, where greater yin damp earth governs heaven. Quince and achyranthes for the sinews and the lower limbs, aconite and prepared rehmannia and raspberry for the kidney, poria-with-wood for the damp. The name is the level-qi chronogram of the earth circuit given at 1.29. **Aconite accessory root is acutely cardiotoxic and this must not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.