Formulas · Reduce Food Stagnation 消食 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)
Grain Spirit Pill
Goksin-won
한글 곡신원 · Pinyin Gu Shen Yuan
Pill formula, equal parts (nominal 5 don each): powdered and bound with a rice paste into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 30–50 pills with thin rice water.
Composition 構成
- Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng20 g
Chief 君 - Sain砂仁 사인 · Amomum20 g
Deputy 臣 - Hyangbuja香附子 향부자 · Cyperus20 g
Deputy 臣 - Samneung三稜 삼릉 · Sparganium20 g
Deputy 臣 ember-roasted - Bongchul莪朮 봉출 · Zedoary20 g
Deputy 臣 ember-roasted - Cheongpi靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel20 g
Assistant 佐 - Jinpi陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel20 g
Assistant 佐 - Singok神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven20 g
Assistant 佐 dry-fried - Maega麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout20 g
Assistant 佐 dry-fried - Jigak枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange20 g
Assistant 佐
Total 200 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
- Disperses abiding food while fortifying the Spleen and boosting Qi
- Balances every breaker with a builder at flat equal parts
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Abiding food undispersed on a weak Spleen (宿食不消 健脾益氣)
- Dispersal for the patient who also needs supplementing
- The both-columns answer to Wang Andao's equation
Biomedical correlates
- Chronic dyspepsia in weak digesters
- Food retention with fatigue
- Combined digestive-tonic maintenance
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治宿食不消, 健脾益氣. 人參ㆍ縮砂ㆍ香附子ㆍ三稜ㆍ蓬朮(幷煨)ㆍ靑皮ㆍ陳皮ㆍ神麴(炒)ㆍ麥芽(炒)ㆍ枳殼 各等分. 右爲末, 米糊和丸梧子大, 米飮下三五十丸. 《得效》
Translation
Treats abiding food undispersed; fortifies the Spleen and boosts Qi. Ginseng, amomum, cyperus, sparganium and curcuma (both ember-roasted), green tangerine peel, tangerine peel, dry-fried medicated leaven, dry-fried barley sprout, and bitter orange husk, in equal parts. Powder the above and bind with a rice paste into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 30–50 pills with thin rice water. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Naesang)