Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Chinaberry Root Decoction

Goryeon-tang

한글 고련탕 · Pinyin Ku Lian Tang

苦練湯

Composition 構成

Goryeongeunpi Ku Lian Gen Pi
苦練根皮 고련근피 · Chinaberry Root Bark (toxic)

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Chief 君

苦練根皮, a handful · toxic
Sahyang She Xiang
麝香 사향 · Musk (prohibited)

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Envoy 使

a little · CITES

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Actions 效能

Expels worms in worm thirst

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Worm thirst

Biomedical correlates

Intestinal parasitosis with thirst

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治蟲渴. 苦練根皮一握, 切焙, 入麝香少許, 水二盞煎至一盞, 空心飮之. 雖困頓不妨. 自後下蟲三四條, 其渴頓止, 乃知消渴一證, 有蟲耗其津液也. 《得效》

Translation

Treats worm thirst. Chinaberry root bark, a handful, cut and dry-roasted, with a little musk added; decoct in 2 jan of water down to 1 jan and drink on an empty stomach. Though there be exhaustion, it does no harm. Afterwards three or four worms come down, the thirst stops at once — and by this it is known that in the one pattern of wasting thirst there are cases where worms consume the fluids. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Sogal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The reasoning runs backwards from the result and the source says so: the worms come down, the thirst stops, 乃知 — and by this it is known that some wasting thirst is caused by worms consuming the fluids. That is an inference from treatment to diagnosis, and the chapter gives 蟲渴 its own section at 4.11 on the strength of it. Heavy intestinal parasitosis does cause thirst and wasting, so the category was answering something real. **Chinaberry root bark is toxic; overdose causes hepatic and neurological injury, and deaths are on record. Contains musk, CITES Appendix I and prohibited in trade. This must not be prepared or taken.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.