Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Donguibogam · Heoro

Great Five-Supplement Pill

Daeobo-hwan

한글 대오보환 · Pinyin Da Wu Bu Wan

大五補丸

Pill formula, bulk amounts: powdered and bound with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 50–70 pills with wine or thin rice water, as one pleases.

Composition 構成

Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

40 g
Chief 君
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

40 g
Chief 君
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

40 g
Deputy 臣
Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

40 g
Deputy 臣
Jigolpi Di Gu Pi
地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark

40 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

40 g
Deputy 臣
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

40 g
Assistant 佐
Seokchangpo Shi Chang Pu
石菖蒲 석창포 · Acorus

40 g
Assistant 佐
Wonji Yuan Zhi
遠志 원지 · Polygala

40 g
Assistant 佐
Ikjiin Yi Zhi Ren
益智仁 익지인 · Alpinia

40 g
Assistant 佐

Total 400 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

Supplements vacuity taxation and insufficiency
Crosses and completes Water and Fire — Heart and Kidney in communion

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity taxation with Heart-Kidney non-interaction (水火不濟)
Depletion with unquiet spirit forgetfulness and dim senses
The first formula of the heart-vacuity section

Biomedical correlates

Chronic fatigue with insomnia or anxiety
Cognitive dimming and poor memory in depletion
Burnout with mixed exhaustion and restlessness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

補虛勞不足, 能交濟水火. 天門冬ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ石菖蒲ㆍ茯神ㆍ人參ㆍ益智仁ㆍ枸杞子ㆍ地骨皮ㆍ遠志ㆍ熟地黃各一兩. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大. 酒飮任下五七十丸. 《海藏》

Translation

Supplements vacuity taxation and insufficiency; able to cross and complete Water and Fire. Asparagus root, ophiopogon, acorus, hostwood poria, ginseng, alpinia, lycium fruit, lycium root bark, polygala, and prepared rehmannia, 1 nyang each. Powder the above and bind with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 50–70 pills with wine or thin rice water, as one pleases. — Haejang 海藏 (Donguibogam · Heoro)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ten herbs in perfect democracy — the two winter-tubers cool the fire above while rehmannia and lycium fill the water below, and acorus with polygala keep the channel between them open. Crossing Water and Fire, the indication says: the chapter's treatment of burnout's signature split, wired and tired at once. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.