Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Danggye Simbeop (丹溪心法)
Great Tonify the Yin Pill
Daeboeum-hwan
한글 대보음환 · Pinyin Da Bu Yin Wan
大補陰丸
Composition 構成
- Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia12 g
Chief 君 wine-steamed - Guban龜板 구판 · Turtle Plastron12 g
Chief 君 - Hwangbaek黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron8 g
Deputy 臣 salt-fried - Jimo知母 지모 · Anemarrhena8 g
Deputy 臣 salt-fried
Total 40 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
- Enriches Yin and directs vigorous fire downward
- Strengthens water to master the flame
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Yin deficiency with blazing ministerial fire
- Steaming bone fever with night sweats
- Flushed cheeks with hot knees and irritable heat
Biomedical correlates
- Severe menopausal heat
- Chronic low-grade fevers of Yin deficiency
- Hyperthyroid-pattern heat (adjunctive)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Danxi's heavy answer when Jibaek-jihwang is not enough — turtle plastron anchoring what rehmannia fills, classically bound with pig spinal marrow. Yin tonification at its most literal. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.