Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)
Coix Decoction
Eui-in-tang
한글 의이인탕 · Pinyin Yi Yi Ren Tang
薏苡仁湯
Composition 構成
- Uiiin薏苡仁 의이인 · Coix Seed6 g
Chief 君1 don 5 pun
- Bangi防己 방기 · Sinomenium6 g
Deputy 臣1 don 5 pun
- Jeoksodu赤小豆 적소두 · Adzuki Bean6 g
Deputy 臣stir-fried (炒), 1 don 5 pun
- Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice6 g
Envoy 使mix-fried (灸), 1 don 5 pun
Total 24 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Treats wind swelling in the spleen with the lips and mouth twitching
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Wind swelling of the spleen — the lips twitching
Biomedical correlates
- Perioral twitching
- Angioedema of the lip
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治風腫在脾, 脣口瞤動. 薏苡仁ㆍ防己ㆍ赤小豆(炒)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各一錢半. 右剉, 水煎服. 《得效》
Translation
Treats wind swelling in the spleen with the lips and mouth twitching. Coix, stephania, adzuki bean (stir-fried) and licorice (mix-fried) 1 don 5 pun each. Cut up, decoct in water and take. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Guseol)
Clinical commentary 臨床
脣口瞤動 — the lips and mouth twitching. Four medicinals, all of which drain damp, on the reasoning that a swelling that moves is wind and damp together. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.