Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Wasp Nest and Ginger Pill

Bonggang-hwan

한글 봉강환 · Pinyin Feng Jiang Wan

蜂薑丸

Composition 構成

Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

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Chief 君

equal part, as 便香附
Gwaruin Gua Lou Ren
瓜蔞仁 과루인 · Trichosanthes Seed

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Chief 君

equal part
Hapbun Ge Fen
蛤粉 합분 · Clamshell Powder

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Deputy 臣

equal part, as 海蛤粉
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

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Deputy 臣

equal part
Baekgangjam Bai Jiang Can
白殭蠶 백강잠 · Silkworm

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Assistant 佐

equal part, dry-fried
Nobongbang Lu Feng Fang
露蜂房 노봉방 · Hornet's Nest

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Assistant 佐

equal part, as 蜂房
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

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Assistant 佐

equal part
Cheonchogeun Qian Cao Gen
茜草根 천초근 · Madder Root

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Assistant 佐

in the variant formula, in place of the cyperus
Jungnyeok Zhu Li
竹瀝 죽력 · Bamboo Sap

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Envoy 使

with ginger juice and honey, for the pills

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 9 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats the phlegm cough of drink
and long-standing cough from accumulated phlegm lodged in the lung duct
sticky as glue, with the qi neither rising nor falling

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Accumulated phlegm lodged in the lung
Wine phlegm cough of long standing

Biomedical correlates

Chronic sputum retention

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治酒痰嗽, 及積痰久嗽留肺脘, 粘滯如膠, 氣不升降. 便香附ㆍ白殭蚕(炒)ㆍ海蛤粉ㆍ瓜蔞仁ㆍ蜂房ㆍ杏仁ㆍ神麴各等分. 右爲末, 以薑汁ㆍ竹瀝入蜜和丸櫻桃大, 含化嚥下. 《丹心》 ○一方, 無香附, 有茜根. 《入門》

Translation

Treats the phlegm cough of drink, and long-standing cough from accumulated phlegm lodged in the lung duct, sticky as glue, with the qi neither rising nor falling. Cyperus, dry-fried silkworm, clam shell powder, trichosanthes seed, wasp nest, apricot kernel and medicated leaven, in equal parts. Grind to a powder and make pills the size of a cherry with ginger juice and bamboo sap worked into honey; let them dissolve in the mouth and be swallowed. ○ One formula has no cyperus and has madder root instead. — Dangye Simbeop 丹心 · Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

粘滯如膠 — sticky as glue — is the chapter's description of the sputum of a long-standing cough, and the formula is assembled against that one property: clam shell powder and trichosanthes seed to thin it, silkworm and wasp nest as the 蟲 drugs that the tradition reaches for when something will not shift, leaven for the stagnation. The pill is a cherry-sized lozenge dissolved in the mouth, which puts the drugs on the throat rather than in the stomach. Sputum that cannot be cleared and a cough of years is the picture of bronchiectasis or chronic bronchitis; what moves such sputum now is hydration, physiotherapy and treatment of the infection. **Wasp nest can provoke allergic reactions in those sensitive to stings.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.