Formulas · Reduce Food Stagnation 消食 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

General Formula for Jaundice Cravings

Ilbang

한글 일방(통용) · Pinyin Yi Fang

一方

Given in the source as 一方; the same structure as Sabo-dan at 5.11.1, with the craved substance dry-fried before use.

Composition 構成

Sagunja Shi Jun Zi
使君子 사군자 · Rangoon Creeper Fruit

80 g
Chief 君

使君子肉
Namseong Tian Nan Xing
天南星 천남성 · Arisaema

40 g
Deputy 臣

南星, ginger-processed (薑製)
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

40 g
Deputy 臣
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

640 g
Assistant 佐

dry-fried
Sechacha Xi Ya Cha
細芽茶 세아차 · Fine Tea Buds

640 g
Assistant 佐

dry-fried
Byeokto Bi Tu
壁土 벽토 · Wall Earth

640 g
Assistant 佐

dry-fried
Heuktan Hei Tan
黑炭 흑탄 · Charcoal

640 g
Assistant 佐

dry-fried

Total 2720 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 jaundice cravings of every kind

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Jaundice with a craving for raw rice
tea leaves
earth or charcoal — for general use

Biomedical correlates

Pica with iron-deficiency anaemia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

通用. 使君子肉二兩, 南星(薑製)ㆍ檳榔各一兩. 喫生米, 用麥芽一斤炒過. 喫茶葉, 用茶葉一斤炒過. 喫土, 用壁土一斤炒過. 喫炭, 用黑炭一斤炒過. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大. 空心, 砂糖水下五十丸. 《入門》

Translation

For general use. Kernels of Quisqualis 2 nyang; arisaema (ginger-processed) and areca 1 nyang each. Where raw rice is eaten, use 1 geun of barley sprout, dry-fried. Where tea leaves are eaten, 1 geun of tea leaves, dry-fried. Where earth is eaten, 1 geun of wall earth, dry-fried. Where charcoal is eaten, 1 geun of black charcoal, dry-fried. Powder them and make honey pills the size of a firmiana seed; take fifty on an empty stomach with sugar water. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Hwangdal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The Immun's version of the Four Treasures Elixir, differing in one respect: the craved substance is dry-fried before being powdered. Frying changes the thing from what the patient was eating raw into something processed, which is the point — the craving is met and altered at once. Quisqualis kernels lead all three of these formulas and are a worm medicinal. That the tradition reached for an anthelmintic here is not accidental: intestinal parasitosis and iron deficiency travel together, and both produce the craving. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.