Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Pilyong (必用全書)

Supplement Yin Powder

Boeum-san

한글 보음산 · Pinyin Bu Yin San

補陰散

Also called Boeumsahwa-tang 補陰瀉火湯; the formula appears again in the Fire chapter.

Composition 構成

Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

5.2 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

5.2 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4.8 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

4 g
Assistant 佐
Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

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

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

2 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

4 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

1.2 g
Envoy 使

Total 46 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

Enriches Yin and downbears stirring fire
Nourishes Blood while gently supporting the center

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yin vacuity with stirring fire (陰虛火動證)
Tidal heat and night sweating on a blood-vacuity ground
Taxation heat in thin depleted patients

Biomedical correlates

Chronic low-grade fever with fatigue
Night sweats in depleted constitutions
Menopausal or post-illness heat with thinness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治陰虛火動證. 白芍藥ㆍ當歸各一錢三分, 白朮一錢二分, 川芎ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ知母ㆍ天門冬各一錢, 陳皮ㆍ黃柏各七分, 生地黃ㆍ甘草各五分, 乾薑三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三煎服. 《必用》

Translation

Treats Yin vacuity with stirring fire. White peony and Korean angelica, 1.3 don each; white atractylodes 1.2 don; cnidium, prepared rehmannia, anemarrhena, and asparagus root, 1 don each; tangerine peel and phellodendron, 0.7 don each; raw rehmannia and licorice, 0.5 don each; dried ginger 0.3 don. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — Pilyong 必用 (Donguibogam · Heoro)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four Substances grown teeth — the blood chassis carries anemarrhena and phellodendron into the fire, with a whisper of dried ginger so the cold drugs never turn on the stomach that must ferry them. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.