Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Uihak Balmyeong (醫學發明)
Guide Out Stagnation and Free the Channels Decoction
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한글 도체통경탕 · Pinyin Dao Zhi Tong Jing Tang
The source annotation reads 《寶鑑》, the Uihak Balmyeong 醫學發明 of Li Dongyuan as cited in the Weisheng Baojian tradition.
Composition 構成
- Jeokbokryeong赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)8 g
Chief 君 - Taeksa澤瀉 택사 · Alisma8 g
Chief 君 - Jinpi陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel4 g
Deputy 臣 - Sangbaekpi桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark4 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekchul白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes4 g
Assistant 佐 - Mokhyang木香 목향 · Costus Root4 g
Assistant 佐
Total 32 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Guides out damp stagnation and frees the channels
- Disperses swelling of the four limbs
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Oedema of the four limbs from damp contracted in long rain
- Loose stool with abdominal distension and rumbling
Biomedical correlates
- Peripheral oedema with digestive weakness
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
赤茯苓ㆍ澤瀉 各二錢, 陳皮ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ白朮ㆍ木香 各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 許魯齋, 因霖雨所傷, 肢體浮腫, 大便溏, 腹脹腸鳴時痛, 飮食減少, 脉弦細而緩. 此脾胃虛弱, 而濕氣盛也. 先服平胃散, 加白朮ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ草豆蔲, 諸證皆愈. 止有四肢浮腫, 用此藥, 全愈. 《寶鑑》
Translation
Red poria and alisma 2 don each; tangerine peel, mulberry root bark, white atractylodes and costus 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. Xu Luzhai, having been damaged by long rain, had oedema of the limbs and body, loose stool, abdominal distension with rumbling and intermittent pain, reduced appetite, and a pulse wiry, fine and moderate. This was spleen and stomach vacuity with exuberant damp qi. He first took Pyeongwi-san with white atractylodes, red poria and tsaoko added, and all the patterns resolved; only oedema of the four limbs remained, and using this medicine he recovered entirely. — Uihak Balmyeong 寶鑑 (Donguibogam · Bujong)