Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Cnidium and Angelica Regulate the Blood Drink

Gunggwijohyeol-eum

한글 궁귀조혈음 · Pinyin Xiong Gui Tiao Xue Yin

芎歸調血飮

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Ikmocho Yi Mu Cao
益母草 익모초 · Motherwort

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

4 g
Assistant 佐
Oyak Wu Yao
烏藥 오약 · Lindera

4 g
Assistant 佐
Mokdanpi Mu Dan Pi
牧丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark

4 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

3 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 49 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

Nourishes and regulates Blood after childbirth
Moves Qi and warms the middle
Settles the postpartum spirit

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Postpartum Blood deficiency with stagnation and Qi disorder
Dizziness low mood and irregular lochia after delivery

Biomedical correlates

Comprehensive postpartum recovery
Postpartum mood dips with fatigue (adjunctive)
Lochia irregularity

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治産後去血過多, 以致發熱, 心煩, 腹痛, 頭暈眼花, 或口噤神昏. 當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ陳皮ㆍ便香附ㆍ烏藥ㆍ乾薑ㆍ益母草ㆍ牡丹皮ㆍ甘草各七分半. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五棗二, 煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats postpartum loss of too much Blood, bringing on heat effusion, a vexed heart, abdominal pain, dizziness of the head and flowering of the vision — or the jaw clenched and the spirit clouded. Korean angelica, cnidium, white atractylodes, white poria, prepared rehmannia, tangerine peel, urine-processed cyperus, lindera, dried ginger, motherwort, moutan bark, and licorice, 7.5 fun each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct and take. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The Hoechun's whole-picture postpartum formula — Blood, Qi, warmth, and spirit attended in one prescription, with Ikmocho quietly resetting the uterus. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.