Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Jeongjeon (正傳)

Asparagus Drink

Cheonmundong-eum

한글 천문동음 · Pinyin Tian Men Dong Yin

天門冬飮

Composition 構成

Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

6 g
Chief 君
Jawan Zi Wan
紫菀 자완 · Aster Root

6 g
Chief 君

紫菀茸
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

6 g
Deputy 臣
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

6 g
Deputy 臣
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 32 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

Moistens the lung and stops cough in pregnancy

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Child cough — cough in pregnancy

Biomedical correlates

Cough in pregnancy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治子嗽. 天門冬ㆍ紫菀茸ㆍ知母ㆍ桑白皮各一錢半, 五味子ㆍ桔梗各一錢. 右剉作一貼, 水煎服. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats child cough. Asparagus, aster rootlets, anemarrhena and mulberry root bark 1 don 5 pun each; schisandra and platycodon 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Six medicinals and every one is moistening or cooling. The chapter reads cough in pregnancy as the foetus pressing up and drying the lung, so nothing here is drying or acrid. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.