Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Dansim (丹心)
Strengthen the Stride Pill
Geonbo-hwan
한글 건보환 · Pinyin Jian Bu Wan
Powdered and bound with a wine paste into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 70 pills with a decoction of scallion white and schizonepeta. **Note on modern practice: chuanwu is a regulated toxic aconite requiring proper processing and professional prescription.**
Composition 構成
- Bangi防己 방기 · Sinomenium40 g
Chief 君 - Ganghwal羌活 강활 · Notopterygium20 g
Deputy 臣 - Siho柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum20 g
Deputy 臣 - Hwalseok滑石 활석 · Talc20 g
Deputy 臣 - Cheonhwabun天花粉 천화분 · Trichosanthes Root20 g
Assistant 佐 wine-washed - Taeksa澤瀉 택사 · Alisma12 g
Assistant 佐 - Bangpung防風 방풍 · Siler12 g
Assistant 佐 - Gosam苦參 고삼 · Sophora Root4 g
Assistant 佐 - Cheono川烏 천오 · Aconite Main Root4 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice20 g
Envoy 使 roasted - Yukgye肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark2 g
Envoy 使
Total 174 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
- Frees legs and knees too heavy to bend or stretch
- Drains the damp heat that has weighted the lumbus and thighs
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Damp heat exuberant with legs and knees strengthless (濕熱盛 脚膝無力)
- Unable to bend or stretch
- with lumbus and thighs sunken and heavy
- Walking difficult
Biomedical correlates
- Leg heaviness with weakness
- Damp-heat mobility loss
- Difficulty walking
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治濕熱盛, 脚膝無力, 不能屈伸, 腰腿沈重, 行步艱難. 防己 一兩, 羌活ㆍ柴胡ㆍ滑石ㆍ瓜蔞根(酒洗)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各五錢, 澤瀉ㆍ防風 各三錢, 苦參ㆍ川烏 各一錢, 肉桂 五分. 右爲末, 酒糊和丸梧子大, 以葱白ㆍ荊芥煎湯下七十丸. 《丹心》
Translation
Treats damp heat exuberant, with legs and knees strengthless and unable to bend or stretch, the lumbus and thighs sunken and heavy, and walking difficult. Stephania 1 nyang; notopterygium, bupleurum, talcum, wine-washed trichosanthes root, and roasted licorice, 5 don each; alisma and saposhnikovia, 3 don each; flavescent sophora and chuanwu aconite, 1 don each; cinnamon bark 5 fun. Powder the above and bind with a wine paste into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 70 pills with a decoction of scallion white and schizonepeta. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Jok)