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Asparagus Beverage

Cheonmundong-eumja

한글 천문동음자 · Pinyin Tian Men Dong Yin Zi

天門冬飮子

Composition 構成

Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Chungwi Chong Wei
茺蔚 충위 · Motherwort Fruit

4 g
Chief 君

茺蔚子
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

2.8 g
Assistant 佐

7 pun
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

2 g
Assistant 佐

5 pun
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Envoy 使

7 pun

Total 24.4 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

Treats the eyeball unable to return to the centre
which is called the windlass turning on its axle

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Windlass turning — the eye rolling and unable to centre

Biomedical correlates

Nystagmus
Oculogyric crisis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治眼睛不能歸中, 名曰轆轤轉關. 天門冬ㆍ茺蔚子ㆍ知母各一錢, 人參ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ羌活各七分, 五味子ㆍ防風各五分. 右剉作一貼, 水煎, 食後服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats the eyeball unable to return to the centre, which is called the windlass turning on its axle. Asparagus, leonurus seed and anemarrhena 1 don each; ginseng, red poria and notopterygium 7 pun each; schisandra and saposhnikovia 5 pun each. Cut up as one packet, decoct in water, and take after food. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The windlass turning on its axle is one of the Bogam's best images: an eye that rolls and cannot come back to centre, named for the pulley over a well. The formula is cooling and moistening rather than wind-dispersing, so the Immun reads the rolling as yin too dry to hold the eye — which is a different account from the chapter's usual one. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.