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Angelica Powder

Danggwi-san

한글 당귀산 · Pinyin Dang Gui San

當歸散

Powdered; 2 don per dose. The source frames it with the Inner Classic's principle of the seven depletions and eight boosts: when a woman's count of sevens is complete and the menses do not keep to their season, the Blood is in surplus — it must not be stopped. One should only bring it back to its season and free it of lumbar pain, and that is well enough. Note on modern practice: irregular or postmenopausal bleeding requires gynecological evaluation.

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

40 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

40 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

40 g
Deputy 臣 dry-fried
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

40 g
Assistant 佐 strip form, dry-fried
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

20 g
Assistant 佐

Total 180 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

Evens an irregular cycle at the close of the reproductive years
Rebuilds the Blood while cooling what remains in surplus

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cycle uneven after the Heavenly Water has passed its term (經脉不勻)
Three or four months without flow or twice in one month
Lumbar and abdominal pain with the irregular flow

Biomedical correlates

Perimenopausal cycle irregularity
Irregular bleeding with pelvic pain
Transitional-phase menstrual disorders

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治婦人天癸已過期, 經脉不勻, 或三四月不行, 或一月再至, 腰腹疼痛. 內經云, 七損八益, 謂女子七數盡而經不依時者, 血有餘也, 不可止之, 但令得依時, 不腰痛爲善. 當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ白芍藥(炒)ㆍ條黃芩(炒) 各一兩, 白朮五錢. 右爲末, 每服二錢.

Translation

Treats a woman whose Heavenly Water has already passed its term, the menstrual vessels uneven — three or four months without flow, or coming twice in one month — with pain of the lumbus and abdomen. The Inner Classic speaks of the seven depletions and eight boosts: when a woman's count of sevens is complete and the menses do not follow their season, the Blood is in surplus, and it must not be stopped. Only bring it to follow its season and be free of lumbar pain, and that is well. Korean angelica, cnidium, dry-fried white peony, and dry-fried strip scutellaria, 1 nyang each; white atractylodes 5 don. Powder the above; take 2 don each dose. — Donguibogam · Po

Clinical commentary 臨床

The gentlest entry in the section, and the one with the wisest instruction attached: at the close of the reproductive years an irregular flow is surplus, and surplus is not to be dammed. The goal is stated as timing and comfort rather than cessation — bring it back to its season, take away the back pain, and let it finish on its own terms. Four Substances with scutellaria added and rehmannia left out: build the Blood, cool it, and do not hold it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.