Ginseng Ball Drink

Dansam-eumja

한글 단삼음자 · Pinyin Tuan Shen Yin Zi

團參飮子

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Jawan Zi Wan
紫菀 자완 · Aster Root

4 g
Chief 君
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Deputy 臣

processed · toxic in the raw state
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

4 g
Deputy 臣

as beads (珠), stir-roasted
Baekhap Bai He
百合 백합 · Lily Bulb

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gwandonghwa Kuan Dong Hua
款冬花 관동화 · Coltsfoot Flower

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Sangyeop Sang Ye
桑葉 상엽 · Mulberry Leaf

4 g
Assistant 佐

leaves touched by frost (經霜桑葉)
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

—
Assistant 佐

fifteen grains
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

—
Envoy 使

three slices

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Treats cough from the seven affects, with taxation injury to lung and spleen
much spitting of pus and blood, gradually becoming wilting lung and about to turn to taxation consumption

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cough from the seven affects with lung and spleen taxation
Early wilting lung with purulent sputum

Biomedical correlates

Pulmonary tuberculosis
Bronchiectasis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治七情咳嗽, 勞傷肺脾, 多唾膿血, 漸成肺痿, 將作勞瘵. 人參ㆍ半夏ㆍ紫菀ㆍ阿膠珠ㆍ百合ㆍ欵冬花ㆍ天門冬ㆍ杏仁ㆍ經霜桑葉各一錢, 細辛ㆍ甘草各五分, 五味子十五粒. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三, 煎服. 《濟生》

Translation

Treats cough from the seven affects, with taxation injury to the lung and spleen, much spitting of pus and blood, gradually becoming wilting lung and about to turn to taxation consumption. Ginseng, pinellia, aster, ass-hide glue beads, lily, coltsfoot, asparagus root, apricot kernel and frost-touched mulberry leaf, 1 don each; asarum and licorice, 5 fun each; schisandra, fifteen grains. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and decoct. — Jesaeng 濟生 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The indication reads like a prognosis: cough from the affects, then taxation of lung and spleen, then purulent sputum, then wilting lung, then 勞瘵 — consumption. The Jesaeng is describing the slide from a nervous cough to tuberculosis, and the formula is pitched at the point before the last step. 經霜桑葉, mulberry leaf gathered after the first frost, is specified rather than ordinary mulberry leaf; the frost was held to make it cooler and more descending. It is the only place in the chapter where the leaf rather than the root bark is used. **Contains pinellia, which is toxic in the raw state and must be properly processed. Purulent blood-streaked sputum requires sputum culture, imaging and proper treatment.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.