Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Dongwon (東垣)

Tiantai Lindera Powder

Cheontaeoyak-san

한글 천태오약산 · Pinyin Tian Tai Wu Yao San

天台烏藥散

Composition 構成

Oyak Wu Yao
烏藥 오약 · Lindera

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Cheollyeonja Chuan Lian Zi
川楝子 천련자 · Toosendan Fruit

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Chief 君

川練子, 10, fried black with the croton and bran, the croton and bran discarded
Hoehyang Hui Xiang
茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit

20 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried (炒), 5 don
Yangang Gao Liang Jiang
良薑 양강 · Lesser Galangal

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Padu Ba Dou
巴豆 파두 · Croton Seed

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Assistant 佐

14 kernels, used in the frying and thrown away · severely toxic
Ju Jiu
酒 주 · Wine

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Envoy 使

warm wine, or fried ginger in hot wine where the pain is severe

Total 112 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 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 small intestine qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Small intestine qi — groin pain

Biomedical correlates

Inguinal hernia pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治小腸氣. 川練子十箇, 巴豆十四粒, 同麩炒黑色, 去豆麩不用; 烏藥ㆍ木香ㆍ茴香(炒)ㆍ良薑ㆍ靑皮各五錢, 檳榔三錢. 右細末, 每一錢溫酒調下; 痛甚, 炒薑熱酒下. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats small intestine qi. Ten toosendan fruits fried black with fourteen croton kernels and bran, the croton and bran then discarded; lindera, costus, fennel (stir-fried), lesser galangal and green tangerine peel 5 don each; areca 3 don. Powder finely and take 1 don at a time stirred into warm wine; where the pain is severe, take it in hot wine with fried ginger. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Jeoneum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

小腸氣 — small intestine qi, the chapter's name for a pain running from the lower abdomen into the testicle. The croton is fried with the toosendan and thrown away, as in 4.13's Samsu-hwan with its beetles. **Croton is severely toxic; it is discarded and must not be taken.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.