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Asparagus Root Wine

Cheonmundong-ju

한글 천문동주 · Pinyin Tian Men Dong Jiu

天門冬酒

Composition 構成

Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

12000 g
Chief 君

取根擣絞汁二斗, 2 mal of juice pounded and pressed from the root, approx: true
Nami Nuo Mi
糯米 나미 · Glutinous Rice

12000 g
Deputy 臣

糯米飯二斗, 2 mal of cooked glutinous rice, approx: true
Guk Qu
麴 국 · Brewing Leaven (wine starter)

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Envoy 使

細麴, fine yeast

Total 24000 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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

Lightens the body and extends the years
Frees one from hunger

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taken over a long time for longevity
Dryness with wasting

Biomedical correlates

Traditional longevity wine
Recorded as a historical preparation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

天門冬酒方, 取根擣絞汁二斗ㆍ糯米飯二斗, 拌細麴如常釀法, 候熟取淸飮. 乾者作末釀之亦可. 忌食鯉魚. 《入門》

Translation

The asparagus wine: 2 mal of juice pounded and pressed from the root with 2 mal of cooked glutinous rice, mixed with fine yeast and brewed by the usual method; when ripe, take the clear part and drink. The dried root powdered and brewed will also serve. Carp is to be avoided. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Sinhyeong)

Clinical commentary 臨床

忌食鯉魚, avoid carp — a drug-specific dietary prohibition of the kind the Body chapter attaches to several of its longevity medicinals, with no mechanism offered and none obvious. The simple beside this one in the chapter carries the claim that Gan Shi of the Han took asparagus root and remained among men for more than three hundred years; the wine is the form in which he is said to have taken it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.