Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Protect the Essence Decoction

Bojeong-tang

한글 보정탕 · Pinyin Bao Jing Tang

保精湯

Composition 構成

Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

2 g
Chief 君

ginger-juice fried (薑汁炒)
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

2 g
Chief 君

wine-fried (酒炒)
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

2 g
Chief 君

honey-fried (蜜炒)
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

2 g
Deputy 臣
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

2 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Deputy 臣

ginger-juice fried (薑汁炒)
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

2 g
Deputy 臣

child-urine fried (童便炒)
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried black (炒黑)
Moryeo Mu Li
牡蠣 모려 · Oyster Shell

2 g
Assistant 佐

calcined (煆)
Sansuyu Shan Zhu Yu
山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus

2 g
Assistant 佐

山茱萸肉

Total 24 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 nocturnal emission from yin vacuity with fire stirring

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yin vacuity with fire stirring
and seminal emission in dreams at night

Biomedical correlates

Nocturnal emission with heat signs

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治陰虛火動, 夜夢遺精. 當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ生地黃(薑汁炒)ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ黃柏(酒炒)ㆍ知母(蜜炒)ㆍ黃連(薑汁炒)ㆍ梔子(童便炒)ㆍ乾薑(炒黑)ㆍ牡蠣(煆)ㆍ山茱萸肉各五分. 右剉, 水煎, 空心服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats yin vacuity with fire stirring and seminal emission in dreams at night. Angelica, chuanxiong, white peony, fresh rehmannia (ginger-juice fried), ophiopogon, phellodendron (wine-fried), anemarrhena (honey-fried), coptis (ginger-juice fried), gardenia (child-urine fried), dry ginger (stir-fried black), oyster shell (calcined) and cornus 5 pun each. Cut up, decoct in water and take on an empty stomach. — Gogeum Uigam 古今醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Jeong)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Samul-tang with the Fire chapter's cooling pair and two astringents — and every cold medicinal in it is fried in something warm. Ginger juice for the rehmannia and the coptis, wine for the phellodendron, honey for the anemarrhena, child's urine for the gardenia. The Medicine Use chapter's 5.14 on cold carried in heat, applied five times in one formula. Charred dry ginger at 5 pun is the Blood chapter's device: one warm thing so the cold is accepted. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.