Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Samin Geukil Byeongwonnon (三因極一病源論)

Aconite and Cornus Decoction

Buja-sansuyu-tang

한글 부자산수유탕 · Pinyin Fu Zi Shan Zhu Yu Tang

附子山茱萸湯

Composition 構成

Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

6 g
Chief 君

1 jeon 5 pun, blast-fried
Sansuyu Shan Zhu Yu
山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus

6 g
Chief 君

1 jeon 5 pun
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

5 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon 2 pun 5 ri
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

5 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon 2 pun 5 ri
Mogwa Mu Gua
木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 jeon
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 jeon
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

3 g
Assistant 佐

7 pun 5 ri
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

3 g
Assistant 佐

7 pun 5 ri
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

7 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

2 jujubes

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients 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

For the gap years, when the earth circuit is in excess and rain and damp travel abroad
Warms the kidney against damp cold, and checks vomiting and fullness in the centre

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp cold damaging the kidney — abdominal pain with cold limbs
Wasting of the flesh with wilting feet and fullness in the centre

Biomedical correlates

Cold-aggravated abdominal pain with oedema — historical treatment

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

附子(炮)ㆍ山茱萸各一錢半, 半夏ㆍ肉豆蔲各一錢二分半, 木瓜ㆍ烏梅各一錢, 丁香ㆍ藿香各七分半. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑七片ㆍ棗二枚, 水煎服. 《三因》

Translation

Aconite accessory root (blast-fried) and cornus, 1 jeon 5 pun each; pinellia and nutmeg, 1 jeon 2 pun 5 ri each; quince and smoked plum, 1 jeon each; clove and agastache, 7 pun 5 ri each. Cut up, make one packet, add seven slices of ginger and two jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Samin 三因 (Donguibogam · Cheonjiungi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The formula for the gap years, where the earth circuit is in excess. It is built as the chronogram requires — warm and aromatic against damp cold, with aconite and cornus to hold the kidney — and it would be a reasonable prescription for the picture described whatever the year. **Aconite accessory root is acutely cardiotoxic and this must not be prepared.** Even the blast-fried root used here is dangerous outside strictly controlled preparation. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.