Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Uirim (醫林)
Supplement the Marrow Paste
Bosu-go
한글 보수고 · Pinyin Bu Sui Gao
Paste formula: all are blended evenly, packed into a porcelain jar, cooked in a double boiler for one full day-cycle (一伏時), and removed; one large spoonful each time with warm wine, three times daily.
Composition 構成
- Bongmil蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey2560 g
Chief 君 4 geun, strained - Usu牛髓 우수 · Ox Leg Marrow1920 g
Chief 君 foreleg marrow, 3 geun - Hodoyuk胡桃肉 호도육 · Walnut Flesh200 g
Deputy 臣 50 pieces, ground - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng160 g
Deputy 臣 powdered separately - Haengin杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel160 g
Deputy 臣 powdered separately - Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia40 g
Assistant 佐 steamed to paste - Omija五味子 오미자 · Schisandra40 g
Assistant 佐 powdered separately
Total 5080 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
- Supplements essence and Blood from marrow at the pound scale
- Anchors ginseng rehmannia and walnut in a honey-marrow preserve
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Vacuity taxation with essence and Blood depleted
- Deep wasting needing sustained caloric-nutritive therapy
- Thrice-daily paste-form restoration
Biomedical correlates
- Advanced wasting and convalescent depletion
- Geriatric nutritive-restorative therapy
- Sustained high-calorie medicinal feeding
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治虛勞, 補精血. 黃犍牛前脚髓 三斤, 白蜜 四斤(去滓), 人參ㆍ杏仁(幷另末) 各四兩, 胡桃肉 五十箇(另硏爲泥), 熟地黃(蒸爲泥)ㆍ五味子(另末) 各一兩. 右拌勻, 盛磁缸, 重湯煮一伏時取出, 每服一大匙, 溫酒下, 日三次. 《醫林》
Translation
Treats vacuity taxation; supplements essence and Blood. Marrow of a yellow bullock's forelegs 3 geun; white honey 4 geun (strained); ginseng and apricot kernel (each powdered separately), 4 nyang each; walnut flesh 50 pieces (ground separately to a paste); prepared rehmannia (steamed to a paste) and schisandra (powdered separately), 1 nyang each. Blend all evenly, pack into a porcelain jar, cook in a double boiler for one full watch-cycle, and remove. Take one large spoonful each time with warm wine, three times daily. — Uirim 醫林 (Donguibogam · Heoro)