Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Jonghaeng (種杏)
Clear Hearing and Bright Sight Decoction
Chongmyeong-tang
한글 총명탕 · Pinyin Cong Ming Tang
Equal parts: 3 don per dose decocted in water; or powdered, 2 don stirred into brewed tea, three times daily. The source's claim for it: taken long, one can recite a thousand words in a day.
Composition 構成
- Boksin茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood12 g
Chief 君 - Wonji遠志 원지 · Polygala12 g
Chief 君 licorice-water soaked, cored, ginger-juice processed - Seokchangpo石菖蒲 석창포 · Acorus12 g
Chief 君
Total 36 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Restores a memory that has grown forgetful
- Opens the orifices of the Heart with three herbs and nothing else
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Much forgetting (多忘)
- Poor recall with mental fatigue
- Long-course support for study and concentration
Biomedical correlates
- Memory complaints with fatigue
- Concentration difficulty
- Cognitive support in the overworked
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治多忘, 久服能日誦千言. 白茯神ㆍ遠志(以甘草水泡去骨, 薑汁製)ㆍ石菖蒲 各等分. 右剉, 每三錢, 水煎服. 或爲末, 每二錢, 茶湯點服, 日三. 《種杏》
Translation
Treats much forgetting; taken long, one becomes able to recite a thousand words in a day. Hostwood poria, polygala (soaked in licorice water, the core removed, and processed with ginger juice), and acorus, in equal parts. Cut the above; take 3 don each time decocted in water — or powder it and take 2 don stirred into brewed tea, three times daily. — Jonghaeng 種杏 (Donguibogam · Sin)