Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Jikji (直指)

Aloeswood Grind the Spleen Powder

Chimhyangmabi-san

한글 침향마비산 · Pinyin Chen Xiang Mo Pi San

沈香磨脾散

Composition 構成

Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

4 g
Chief 君
Chimhyang Chen Xiang
沈香 침향 · Agarwood

1.2 g
Chief 君

3 pun
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Baekdan Bai Tan
白檀 백단 · White Sandalwood

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Baekdugu Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

縮砂, 7 pun
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

辛桂, 7 pun
Oyak Wu Yao
烏藥 오약 · Lindera

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Banhaguk Ban Xia Qu
半夏麴 반하국 · Fermented Pinellia

2.8 g
Assistant 佐

7 pun
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

3 pun
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使

2 pieces
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使

3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸), 5 pun

Total 44.8 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats spleen and stomach vacuity cold with distending pain within the abdomen

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen and stomach vacuity cold — abdominal distension and pain

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia with cold pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脾胃虛寒, 腹中脹痛. 藿香一錢, 丁香ㆍ白檀ㆍ木香ㆍ白豆蔲ㆍ縮砂ㆍ半夏麴ㆍ辛桂ㆍ烏藥各七分, 甘草(灸) 五分, 人參ㆍ沈香各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats spleen and stomach vacuity cold with distending pain within the abdomen. Agastache 1 don; clove, white sandalwood, costus, cardamom, amomum, pinellia leaven, cinnamon and lindera 7 pun each; licorice (mix-fried) 5 pun; ginseng and aloeswood 3 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Bok)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Seven aromatics at seven pun each, and the two costliest — ginseng and aloeswood — at three. 磨脾, grinding the spleen, is the Jikji's word for what the aromatics do to a stalled middle. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.