Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Expel Phlegm-Fire Pill
Geodamhwa-hwan
한글 거담화환 · Pinyin Qu Tan Huo Wan
Pill formula, bulk amounts: powdered and bound with steamed cake soaked in ginger juice into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 50 pills with a ginger decoction. Also called Yeonseokgo-hwan — the Soft Gypsum Pill — under which name the Uigam applies it to gnawing vexation.
Composition 構成
- Hyangbuja香附子 향부자 · Cyperus40 g
Chief 君 child-urine-processed (便香附) - Seokgo石膏 석고 · Gypsum28 g
Deputy 臣 soft (軟) - Banha半夏 반하 · Pinellia20 g
Deputy 臣 prepared - Namseong天南星 천남성 · Arisaema20 g
Deputy 臣 blast-fried - Chija梔子 치자 · Gardenia20 g
Assistant 佐 dry-fried
Total 128 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
- Expels the stomach's phlegm-fire that keeps rising as belch
- Cools with soft gypsum while cyperus untangles the constraint
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Belching from phlegm-fire in the stomach (胃有痰火噫氣)
- Constraint-heat eructation
- Also used for gnawing vexation (under its alternate name)
Biomedical correlates
- Chronic eructation with heat signs
- Belching-predominant dyspepsia
- Reflux-adjacent constraint symptoms
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治胃有痰火噫氣. 便香附 一兩, 軟石膏 七錢, 半夏(製)ㆍ南星(炮)ㆍ梔子(炒) 各五錢. 右爲末, 薑汁浸蒸餠和丸梧子大, 薑湯下五十丸. 一名軟石膏丸, 治嘈雜. 《入門》 《醫鑑》
Translation
Treats belching from phlegm-fire in the stomach. Urine-processed cyperus 1 nyang; soft gypsum 7 don; prepared pinellia, blast-fried arisaema, and dry-fried gardenia, 5 don each. Powder the above and bind with steamed cake soaked in ginger juice into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 50 pills with a ginger decoction. Also called Yeonseokgo-hwan, treating gnawing vexation. — Immun 入門 · Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Naesang)