Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Jeeum (濟陰)

Valley Spirit Pill

Gongnyeong-hwan

한글 곡령환 · Pinyin Gu Ling Wan

谷靈丸

The transcription has 祟沖 for 杜沖; restored. Source annotation 《濟陰》 refers to the Jeeum Gangmok 濟陰綱目; no prior entry in this database uses this source.

Composition 構成

Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

40 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

40 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

40 g
Chief 君
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

40 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Duchung Du Zhong
杜仲 두충 · Eucommia Bark

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

—
Deputy 臣

one, blast-fried (炮) · toxic
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

12 g
Assistant 佐

3 don
Ju Jiu
酒 주 · Wine

—
Envoy 使

wine paste; ginseng decoction as draught

Total 260 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients 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 a woman thin and haggard
the qi not filling and the blood not flourishing so the flesh does not grow

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi and blood both insufficient — a woman wasted and thin

Biomedical correlates

Malnutrition
Chronic debility in women

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

氣不充時血不榮, 肌肉不長瘦其身. 谷靈丸子服兩月, 頰紅肥大長精神. 黃芪ㆍ人參ㆍ牛膝ㆍ當歸各一兩, 附子(炮) 一箇, 熟地黃ㆍ白茯苓各五錢, 杜沖ㆍ蒼朮ㆍ白朮ㆍ肉桂ㆍ枸杞子各三錢. 右爲末, 酒糊和丸梧子大, 人參湯下百丸. 《濟陰》

Translation

When the qi does not fill, the blood does not flourish; the flesh does not grow and the body wastes. Take Valley Spirit Pill two months, and the cheeks redden, the body fills out and the spirit grows. Astragalus, ginseng, achyranthes and angelica 1 nyang each; aconite (blast-fried) one; cooked rehmannia and white poria 5 don each; eucommia, atractylodes lancea, white atractylodes, cinnamon and lycium fruit 3 don each. Powder them, bind with wine paste into pills the size of a firmiana seed, and take a hundred with ginseng decoction. — Jeeum 濟陰 (Donguibogam · Yuk)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The Bogam introduces it with a verse rather than an indication — 谷靈丸子服兩月, 頰紅肥大長精神, take it two months and the cheeks redden and the body fills out. Sipjeondaebo-tang's qi and blood supplements with aconite and cinnamon added, for a wasting the chapter puts down to cold rather than heat. **Contains aconite, which is toxic.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.