Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Jesaengbang (濟生方)

Madder Root Pill

Cheongeun-hwan

한글 천근환 · Pinyin Qian Gen Wan

茜根丸

Rhinoceros horn is a CITES Appendix I material and cannot lawfully be obtained or used; water buffalo horn is the usual modern substitution.

Composition 構成

Cheonchogeun Qian Cao Gen
茜草根 천초근 · Madder Root

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Chief 君

equal parts
Seogak Xi Jiao
犀角 서각 · Rhinoceros Horn (prohibited)

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Chief 君

equal parts · CITES
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

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Deputy 臣

equal parts
Jiyu Di Yu
地楡 지유 · Sanguisorba Root

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Deputy 臣

equal parts
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

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Deputy 臣

equal parts
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

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Deputy 臣

equal parts
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

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Assistant 佐

equal parts
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

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Assistant 佐

equal parts

Total 0 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 8 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

Treats the worm-curse dysentery

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Heat toxin in the blood with a putrid bloody stool
Worm-curse dysentery

Biomedical correlates

Amoebic colitis
Parasitic dysentery

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治蠱疰痢. 茜根ㆍ犀角ㆍ升麻ㆍ地楡ㆍ當歸ㆍ黃連ㆍ枳殼ㆍ白芍藥各等分. 右爲末, 醋糊和丸梧子大, 米飮下五七十丸. 《濟生》

Translation

Treats the worm-curse dysentery. Madder root, rhinoceros horn, cimicifuga, sanguisorba, tangkuei, coptis, bitter orange and white peony, equal parts. Powder, make pills with vinegar paste the size of a paulownia seed, and take fifty to seventy in rice water. — Jesaengbang 濟生 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The worm-curse dysentery is the chapter's name for one thought to be caused by a malign infestation, and the stool it describes is dark, putrid and persistent — which fits amoebic colitis well. The formula treats it as heat toxin in the blood: madder root and sanguisorba to stop the bleeding, rhinoceros horn and coptis for the toxin, cimicifuga to raise. The horn cannot be used and the formula is otherwise coherent without it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.