Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Augmented Supplement the Yin Pill

Gamiboeum-hwan

한글 가미보음환 · Pinyin Jia Wei Bu Yin Wan

加味補陰丸

Pill formula, bulk amounts: powdered and bound with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 80–90 pills with salted broth.

Composition 構成

Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

160 g
Chief 君
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

160 g
Chief 君
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

120 g
Deputy 臣
Duchung Du Zhong
杜沖 두충 · Eucommia Bark

120 g
Deputy 臣
Pageuk Ba Ji Tian
巴戟 파극 · Morinda Root

120 g
Deputy 臣
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

120 g
Deputy 臣
Sansuyu Shan Zhu Yu
山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus

120 g
Deputy 臣
Yukjongyong Rou Cong Rong
肉蓯蓉 육종용 · Cistanche

80 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

80 g
Assistant 佐
Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

80 g
Assistant 佐
Wonji Yuan Zhi
遠志 원지 · Polygala

80 g
Assistant 佐
Sanyak Shan Yao
山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam

80 g
Assistant 佐
Nokyong Lu Rong
鹿茸 녹용 · Deer Velvet Antler

80 g
Assistant 佐
Gupan Gui Ban
龜板 구판 · Tortoise Plastron

80 g
Assistant 佐

Total 1480 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

Supplements a vacuous Yin and drains the fire that rises in its absence
Fills the Kidney with substance from both plant and animal sources

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yin vacuity with Yin fire (補陰虛瀉陰火)
Depletion with heat in the bones and lumbar weakness
Long-course restorative dosing

Biomedical correlates

Chronic fatigue with night heat
Lumbar and knee weakness with depletion
Long-term restorative therapy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

補陰虛, 瀉陰火. 黃柏ㆍ知母各四兩, 牛膝ㆍ杜沖ㆍ巴戟ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ山茱萸各三兩, 肉蓯蓉ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ枸杞子ㆍ遠志ㆍ山藥ㆍ鹿茸ㆍ龜板各二兩. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大. 鹽湯下八九十丸. 《入門》

Translation

Supplements the vacuous Yin and drains the Yin fire. Phellodendron and anemarrhena, 4 nyang each; achyranthes, eucommia, morinda, prepared rehmannia, and cornus, 3 nyang each; cistanche, white poria, lycium fruit, polygala, dioscorea, deer antler, and turtle plastron, 2 nyang each. Powder the above and bind with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 80–90 pills with salted broth. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Heoro)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Fourteen herbs, and the design is stated in six characters — supplement the vacuous Yin, drain the Yin fire. Four ounces each of phellodendron and anemarrhena do the draining; everything else fills. What distinguishes it from the plainer Yin tonics is the pairing at the end: deer antler and turtle plastron together, Yang and Yin from the animal world, on the reasoning this chapter states elsewhere — that blood-and-Qi substances carry the nature of their kind, and are not like minerals or plants. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.