Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)
Modified Kidney Qi Pill
Gagamsingi-hwan
한글 가감신기환 · Pinyin Jia Jian Shen Qi Wan
Pill formula, bulk amounts: grind, bind with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds, and take 70–80 pills with salted water on an empty stomach.
Composition 構成
- Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia80 g
Chief 君 - Mokdanpi牧丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark40 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekbokryeong白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)40 g
Deputy 臣 - Sansuyu山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus40 g
Deputy 臣 - Omija五味子 오미자 · Schisandra40 g
Deputy 臣 - Taeksa澤瀉 택사 · Alisma40 g
Deputy 臣 - Nokyong鹿茸 녹용 · Deer Velvet Antler40 g
Deputy 臣 - Sanyak山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam40 g
Deputy 臣 - Yukgye肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark20 g
Assistant 佐 - Chimhyang沈香 침향 · Agarwood20 g
Assistant 佐
Total 400 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
- Warms and supplements Kidney Yang while enriching Kidney Yin
- Secures the fluids and downbears Qi to relieve kidney wasting
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Kidney wasting (腎消) — dry mouth and vexing thirst with both legs withering
- Kidney vacuity failing to transform and hold fluids
- Thirst with copious urination in depleted patients
Biomedical correlates
- Polyuria-dominant presentations in long-standing diabetes
- Lower-limb wasting and weakness with thirst
- Nocturia and fluid dysregulation in the elderly
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治腎消, 口燥煩渴, 兩脚枯瘦. 熟地黃 二兩, 牡丹皮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ山茱萸ㆍ五味子ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ鹿茸ㆍ山藥 各一兩, 肉桂ㆍ沈香 各五錢. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大. 空心, 鹽湯下七八十丸. 《丹心》
Translation
Treats kidney wasting with dry mouth, vexing thirst, and withering of both legs. Prepared rehmannia 2 nyang; moutan bark, white poria, cornus, schisandra, alisma, deer antler, and dioscorea, 1 nyang each; cinnamon bark and aquilaria, 5 don each. Grind the above, bind with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds, and take 70–80 pills with salted water on an empty stomach. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Sogal)