Formulas · Reduce Food Stagnation 消食 · Gyeongak Jeonseo (景岳全書)

Major Harmonize the Middle Drink

Daehwajung-eum

한글 대화중음 · Pinyin Da He Zhong Yin

大和中飮

Composition 構成

Sansa Shan Zha
山楂 산사 · Hawthorn

8 g
Chief 君
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

8 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

6 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

6 g
Deputy 臣
Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

4 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

6 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2 g
Assistant 佐

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

Disperses food accumulation
Moves Qi and calms the middle

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Food stagnation with distention and belching
Epigastric fullness after meals
Acid regurgitation from food damage

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia flare-ups
Post-meal bloating
Overeating during holidays

Clinical commentary 臨床

Zhang Jing-yue's clean, direct answer to food stagnation — all dispersal, no tonics. In Korean clinics this and its gentler sibling So-hwajung-eum cover most acute indigestion between them. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.