Formulas · Transform Dampness 化濕 · Donguibogam · Seo

Contract the Spleen Drink

Chukbi-eum

한글 축비음 · Pinyin Suo Pi Yin

縮脾飮

The Bogam gives this entry no source attribution. 縮脾 — contracting the spleen — names the drawing together of a middle burner slackened by cold and damp.

Composition 構成

Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

6 g
Chief 君

ground
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

4 g
Deputy 臣
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hyangyu Xiang Ru
香薷 향유 · Elsholtzia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekpyeondu Bai Bian Dou
白扁豆 백편두 · Hyacinth Bean

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

five slices

Total 27.6 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats internal damage from raw and cold things in the summer months with abdominal pain
vomiting and diarrhoea
Warms and contracts the spleen and gathers in the fluid

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Raw cold damaging the spleen in summer with abdominal pain
Cold damp in the middle with vomiting and diarrhoea

Biomedical correlates

Gastroenteritis after cold food
Abdominal colic in summer

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治暑月內傷生冷ㆍ腹痛ㆍ吐瀉. 縮砂(硏) 一錢半, 草果ㆍ烏梅肉ㆍ香薷ㆍ甘草各一錢, 白扁豆ㆍ乾葛各七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五片, 水煎服.

Translation

Treats internal damage from raw and cold things in the summer months, with abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. Ground amomum, 1 don 5 fun; tsaoko, mume flesh, elsholtzia and licorice, 1 don each; hyacinth bean and pueraria, 7 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger and decoct in water. — Donguibogam · Seo

Clinical commentary 臨床

Amomum and tsaoko at the head, which makes this the most warming and aromatic of the stomach formulas here, and the indication names the cause outright: raw and cold food in hot weather. Mume and pueraria are the pair that answers the thirst without more cold, and the five slices of ginger — more than usual — are the measure of how cold the stomach is taken to be. For cramping abdominal pain with vomiting after cold food, which is a common enough summer presentation, this is a well-aimed prescription. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.