Poria Transformation Cake

Bokryeongjohwa-go

한글 복령조화고 · Pinyin Fu Ling Zao Hua Gao

茯苓造化糕

Composition 構成

Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

160 g
Chief 君
Yeonjayuk Lian Zi
蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed

160 g
Deputy 臣

蓮肉
Sanyak Shan Yao
山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam

160 g
Deputy 臣
Geominja Qian Shi
芡仁 검인 · Euryale Seed (also called geomsil 芡實)

160 g
Deputy 臣

芡仁
Satang Sha Tang
砂糖 사당 · Granulated Sugar

640 g
Envoy 使

scraped to crumbs
Gaengmi Jing Mi
粳米 갱미 · Non-glutinous Rice

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Envoy 使

白晩粳米

Total 1280 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

Supplements and nourishes the origin qi in internal damage

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Internal damage with the spleen and stomach weak

Biomedical correlates

Malnutrition
Convalescent nutrition

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治同上. 白茯苓ㆍ蓮肉ㆍ山藥ㆍ芡仁各四兩, 白晩粳米二升爲粉, 砂糖一斤(刮爲屑). 右爲末, 拌勻入甑中, 以竹刀劃爲片界, 以篾蓬覆甑上, 蒸熟取出曬乾, 任意食之. 若覆木盖則不熟矣. 《集略》

Translation

Treats the same as above. White poria, lotus seed, dioscorea and euryale seed 4 nyang each; 2 seung of late white non-glutinous rice ground to flour; sugar 1 geun, scraped to crumbs. Powder them, mix evenly and put into a steamer; score into squares with a bamboo knife, cover the steamer with a woven bamboo lid, steam through, take out and sun-dry, and eat at will. If a wooden lid is used to cover it, it will not cook through. — Jimnyak 集略 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The last instruction is the practical one: a woven bamboo lid rather than wood, or it will not cook through. Bamboo lets steam escape while wood traps condensation that drips back onto the cake. Scoring the cake into squares with a bamboo knife before steaming is the other working detail — it lets heat reach the middle and gives portions once dried. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.