Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Jikji (直指)
Guide Out the Red Pill
Dojeok-won
한글 도적원 · Pinyin Dao Chi Yuan
Composition 構成
- Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb60 g
Chief 君 - Chija梔子 치자 · Gardenia48 g
Chief 君stir-fried (炒)
- Moktong木通 목통 · Akebia32 g
Deputy 臣 - Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia32 g
Deputy 臣生乾地黃
- Jeokjakyak赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony16 g
Assistant 佐 - Jeokbokryeong赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)16 g
Assistant 佐 - Hwalseok滑石 활석 · Talc16 g
Assistant 佐 - Bongmil蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey—
Envoy 使for binding
Total 220 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 heat in the bladder with inability to pass urine
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Bladder heat — urine blocked
Biomedical correlates
- Urinary retention with constipation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治膀胱有熱, 小便不通. 大黃 一兩半, 梔子(炒) 一兩二錢, 木通ㆍ生乾地黃 各八錢, 赤芍藥ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ滑石 各四錢. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 以導赤散<span class='sochu'>方見五藏</span>煎水, 空心呑下三五十丸. 《直指》
Translation
Treats heat in the bladder with inability to pass urine. Rhubarb 1 nyang 5 don; gardenia (stir-fried) 1 nyang 2 don; akebia and dried fresh rehmannia 8 don each; red peony, red poria and talc 4 don each. Powder them, make honey pills the size of a firmiana seed, and swallow thirty to fifty on an empty stomach with a decoction of Guide Out the Red Powder <span class='sochu'>formula in the Five Viscera chapter</span>. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Sobyeon)