Formulas · Tonify Blood 補血 · Donguibogam · Gan

Supplement the Liver Pill

Bogan-hwan

한글 보간환 · Pinyin Bu Gan Wan

補肝丸

The base text gives no weights; the four of Samul-tang and the two additions are entered at 40 each as a notional equal share.

Composition 構成

Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

40 g
Chief 君

Four Substances Decoction, in its four
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

40 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

40 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

40 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

40 g
Assistant 佐
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

40 g
Assistant 佐
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

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Envoy 使

for binding

Total 240 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

Treats liver vacuity

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Blood deficiency with liver signs

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治肝虛. 卽四物湯加防風ㆍ羌活, 蜜丸也.

Translation

Treats liver vacuity. It is Four Substances Decoction with saposhnikovia and notopterygium added, made into honey pills. — Donguibogam · Gan

Clinical commentary 臨床

Samul-tang with two wind medicinals, and the reasoning is the liver's: the liver is wood, wood is wind, and a liver too empty to move is helped by the medicinals that move wind. The pill is the blood formula made into something a patient takes for months. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.