Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Wisaengpyeon (衛生篇)
Secure the Root Wine
Gobon-ju
한글 고본주 · Pinyin Gu Ben Jiu
Source annotation 《衛生篇》 refers to a section of a Ming compendium on nurturing life; no prior entry in this database uses this source.
Composition 構成
- Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia80 g
Chief 君生乾地黃
- Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia80 g
Chief 君 - Cheonmundong天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root80 g
Deputy 臣core removed (去心)
- Maekmundong麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope80 g
Deputy 臣core removed (去心)
- Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng40 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekbokryeong白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)80 g
Assistant 佐
Total 440 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Treats taxation and supplements vacuity
- Increases longevity and extends the years
- Blackens beard and hair
- Beautifies the face
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Taxation and vacuity; for the greying and the aged
Biomedical correlates
- Convalescent tonic
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治勞補虛, 益壽延年, 烏鬚髮, 美容顔. 生乾地黃ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ天門冬ㆍ麥門冬(幷去心)ㆍ白茯苓 各二兩, 人參 一兩. 右剉, 用磁缸盛好酒十壺, 浸藥三日. 文武火煮一二時, 以酒黑色爲度. 空心, 服三五盃. 《衛生篇》
Translation
Treats taxation and supplements vacuity, increases longevity and extends the years, blackens beard and hair and beautifies the face. Dried fresh rehmannia, cooked rehmannia, asparagus and ophiopogon (both with the core removed) and white poria 2 nyang each; ginseng 1 nyang. Cut up, put ten pots of good wine in a porcelain jar and steep the medicine three days; boil over a fire now gentle now fierce for one or two hours, until the wine is black. Take three to five cups on an empty stomach. — Wisaengpyeon 衛生篇 (Donguibogam · Sinhyeong)