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Acorus Wine

Changpo-ju

한글 창포주 · Pinyin Chang Pu Jiu

菖蒲酒

The Tangaek section on wines carries an entry for this wine that gives only its indications — 治風痺延年 — and refers the reader to the Body chapter for the method; the method is translated here from that chapter.

Composition 構成

Seokchangpo Shi Chang Pu
石菖蒲 석창포 · Acorus

30000 g
Chief 君

菖蒲根絞汁五斗, 5 mal of juice pressed from the root, approx: true
Nami Nuo Mi
糯米 나미 · Glutinous Rice

30000 g
Deputy 臣

糯米五斗, 5 mal of glutinous rice, steamed through, approx: true
Guk Qu
麴 국 · Brewing Leaven (wine starter)

3200 g
Envoy 使

細麴五斤, fine yeast

Total 63200 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

Opens through to the spirit light and extends the years
Treats wind impediment

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taken over a long time for longevity
Wind impediment with numbness

Biomedical correlates

Traditional longevity wine
Recorded as a historical preparation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

菖蒲酒方, 菖蒲根絞汁五斗ㆍ糯米五斗(炊熟)ㆍ細麴五斤, 拌勻如常釀法, 酒熟澄淸. 久服通神明, 延年益壽. 《入門》

Translation

The acorus wine: 5 mal of juice pressed from acorus root, 5 mal of glutinous rice steamed through, and 5 geun of fine yeast, mixed evenly and brewed by the usual method; when the wine is ripe, let it settle clear. Taken over a long time it opens through to the spirit light and extends the years. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Sinhyeong)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The first of the five medicinal wines in the Body chapter's simples, and all five follow one method: press or steam the drug, brew it with glutinous rice and yeast, let it settle, drink the clear part. 通神明, opening through to the spirit light, is what acorus is given for everywhere in the corpus — the ear, the nose, the heart, the throat — and the wine is simply the longest way of taking it. Alcohol carries its own harms and there is no safe level for cancer risk, which is worth saying of every entry in this group. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.