Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Qi Dysentery Pill

Giri-hwan

한글 기리환 · Pinyin Qi Li Wan

氣痢丸

Composition 構成

Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

40 g
Chief 君

rind
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

40 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

40 g
Deputy 臣
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

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Envoy 使

as paste for the pills

Total 120 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Treats qi dysentery with a stool like crab froth

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi stagnation in the intestines with frothy stool

Biomedical correlates

Mucous diarrhoea
Irritable bowel syndrome

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣痢, 狀如蟹渤. 訶子皮ㆍ橘皮ㆍ厚朴各一兩. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 空心, 米飮下三十丸. 《入門》

Translation

Treats qi dysentery with a stool like crab froth. Chebula rind, tangerine peel and magnolia bark, 1 nyang each. Powder, make honey pills the size of a paulownia seed, and take thirty on an empty stomach in rice water. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Like crab froth is the chapter's description of a frothy mucous stool, and it names the thing exactly — bubbles in the stool from gas worked through mucus. The formula is three drugs that move qi and bind, with nothing cold in it, because the sign is read as movement rather than heat. For the functional bowel complaint this most likely describes, it is a sensible prescription. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.