Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Sipyak Sinseo (十藥神書)
Preserve Harmony Decoction
Bohwa-tang
한글 보화탕 · Pinyin Bao He Tang
Decocted with 3 slices of ginger to half, strained; a large spoonful of malt syrup is stirred in until melted, and taken after food, three times daily. The Sinseo appends a modification table: for exuberant blood add cattail pollen, madder, and lotus node; for exuberant phlegm add arisaema, pinellia, tangerine peel, bitter orange, and trichosanthes seed; for urgent panting add mulberry root bark, lepidium seed, and tangerine peel; for exuberant heat add gardenia, scutellaria lamina, and forsythia; for exuberant wind add saposhnikovia, schizonepeta, and inula; for exuberant cold add ginseng and cinnamon bark. Note on modern practice: aristolochia fruit (馬兜鈴) contains aristolochic acid and is prohibited in contemporary U.S. practice due to nephrotoxicity; modern prescribing omits or substitutes it — the formula stands as recorded.
Composition 構成
- Jimo知母 지모 · Anemarrhena4 g
Chief 君 - Paemo貝母 패모 · Fritillaria4 g
Chief 君 - Cheonmundong天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root4 g
Deputy 臣 - Gwandonghwa款冬花 관동화 · Coltsfoot Flower4 g
Deputy 臣 - Maekmundong麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope2.8 g
Deputy 臣 - Cheonhwabun天花粉 천화분 · Trichosanthes Root2.8 g
Assistant 佐 - Uiiin薏苡仁 의이인 · Coix Seed2.8 g
Assistant 佐 - Haengin杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel2.8 g
Assistant 佐 - Omija五味子 오미자 · Schisandra2.8 g
Assistant 佐 - Maduryeong馬兜鈴 마두령 · Aristolochia Fruit1.4 g
Assistant 佐 - Jawon紫菀 자원 · Aster Root1.4 g
Assistant 佐 - Baekhap百合 백합 · Lily Bulb1.4 g
Assistant 佐 - Gilgyeong桔梗 길경 · Platycodon1.4 g
Assistant 佐 - Agyo阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin1.4 g
Assistant 佐 - Danggui當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica1.4 g
Assistant 佐 - Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia1.4 g
Assistant 佐 wine-fried - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice1.4 g
Envoy 使 roasted - Jasoyeop紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf0.8 g
Envoy 使 - Bakha薄荷 박하 · Mint0.8 g
Envoy 使
Total 42.8 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
- Moistens the wilting Lung and stops the taxation cough
- Clears and transforms while the syrup carries it down
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Taxation cough with Lung wilting and expectoration of pus and blood (勞嗽肺痿唾膿血)
- Consumption-adjacent respiratory presentations
- The Lung-directed second of Ge Kejiu's ten
Biomedical correlates
- Chronic productive cough with blood-streaked sputum
- Bronchiectasis-adjacent presentations (supportive)
- Historical consumption regimens
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治虛勞, 勞嗽, 肺痿, 唾膿血. 知母ㆍ貝母ㆍ天門冬ㆍ款冬花 各一錢, 麥門冬ㆍ天花粉ㆍ薏苡仁ㆍ杏仁ㆍ五味子 各七分, 馬兜鈴ㆍ紫菀ㆍ百合ㆍ桔梗ㆍ阿膠ㆍ當歸ㆍ生乾地黃(酒炒)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各三分半, 紫蘇葉ㆍ薄荷 各二分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三煎至半去滓, 入飴糖一大匙, 攪熔化, 食後服, 日三次. 《新書》
Translation
Treats vacuity taxation with taxation cough, Lung wilting, and expectoration of pus and blood. Anemarrhena, fritillaria, asparagus root, and coltsfoot flower, 1 don each; ophiopogon, trichosanthes root, coix seed, apricot kernel, and schisandra, 0.7 don each; aristolochia fruit, aster root, lily bulb, platycodon, ass-hide glue, Korean angelica, wine-fried dried raw rehmannia, and roasted licorice, 0.35 don each; perilla leaf and mint, 0.2 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct with 3 slices of ginger to half and strain; stir in one large spoonful of malt syrup until melted, and take after food, three times daily. — Sinseo 新書 (Donguibogam · Heoro)