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Geumsu-jeon

한글 금수전 · Pinyin Jin Sui Jian

金髓煎

The source gives no weight for the berries; the figure here is nominal.

Composition 構成

Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

40 g
Chief 君

紅熟枸杞子, the ripe red berries, steeped in wine two months

Total 40 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

Lightens the body and keeps off age
Lets one endure cold and heat

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taken over a long time for longevity

Biomedical correlates

Traditional longevity preparation
Recorded as a historical preparation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

金髓煎, 取紅熟枸杞子, 酒浸兩月, 漉出硏爛, 以布濾去滓, 取汁幷前浸藥酒, 於銀石器內熬成膏, 每日溫酒下二大匙, 日二次. 久服可以羽化. 《本草》

Translation

Geumsu-jeon: take ripe red goji berries, steep them in wine for two months, strain them out and grind them to a mash, filter off the dregs through cloth, take the juice together with the wine they were steeped in, and boil it down to a paste in a silver or stone vessel; take two large spoonfuls down with warm wine daily, twice a day. Taken over a long time one may grow feathers and fly. — Boncho 本草 (Donguibogam · Sinhyeong)

Clinical commentary 臨床

羽化, to grow feathers and fly, is the Daoist term for transcendence, and it is what the Body chapter means by longevity — not a long old age but an escape from the body altogether. The preparation itself is a two-month wine infusion reduced to a paste in a silver or stone vessel, and the vessel matters: the Bogam specifies non-reactive ware wherever a long reduction is involved, as it forbids iron for rehmannia. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.