Formulas · Reduce Food Stagnation 消食 · Yuchwi (類聚)

Loosen the Centre Pill

Gwanjung-hwan

한글 관중환 · Pinyin Kuan Zhong Wan

寬中丸

Source annotation 《類聚》 refers to the Uibang Yuchwi 醫方類聚. No prior entry in the database uses this source; the form Yuchwi (類聚) is entered here as a new value.

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

80 g
Chief 君

stir-fried (炒)
Oyak Wu Yao
烏藥 오약 · Lindera

80 g
Chief 君
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

80 g
Chief 君
Samneung San Leng
三稜 삼릉 · Sparganium

40 g
Deputy 臣

vinegar-boiled and dry-roasted (醋煮焙)
Bongchul E Zhu
莪朮 봉출 · Zedoary

40 g
Deputy 臣

蓬朮, vinegar-boiled and dry-roasted
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

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

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

40 g
Assistant 佐

blast-fried (炮)
Yangang Gao Liang Jiang
良薑 양강 · Lesser Galangal

40 g
Assistant 佐

blast-fried (炮)
Hoehyang Hui Xiang
茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit

40 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

40 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

40 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)

Total 600 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats the seven concretions and eight aggregations
Frees distending pain of chest and abdomen
Disperses long-standing stagnation

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Seven concretions and eight aggregations
five accumulations and six gatherings
String-like and aggregated qi lumps
Chest and abdominal distension with pain
Sallow complexion with wasted flesh

Biomedical correlates

Chronic abdominal distension with mass
Functional dyspepsia with weight loss

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治七癥八瘕, 五積六聚, 痃癖氣塊, 胸腹脹痛, 面黃肌瘦, 一切沈滯之疾. 蒼朮(炒)ㆍ烏藥ㆍ香附子各二兩, 三稜ㆍ蓬朮(幷醋煮焙)ㆍ靑皮ㆍ陳皮ㆍ乾薑(炮)ㆍ良薑(炮)ㆍ茴香(炒)ㆍ神麴(炒)ㆍ麥芽(炒) 各一兩. 右爲末, 醋糊和丸梧子大. 薑湯下五十丸. 《類聚》

Translation

Treats the seven concretions and eight aggregations, the five accumulations and six gatherings, string-like and aggregated qi lumps, chest and abdominal distension with pain, sallow complexion with wasted flesh, and every disease of long-standing stagnation. Atractylodes lancea (stir-fried), lindera and cyperus 2 nyang each; sparganium and curcuma (both vinegar-boiled and dry-roasted), green tangerine peel, tangerine peel, dry ginger (blast-fried), lesser galangal (blast-fried), fennel (stir-fried), medicated leaven (stir-fried) and barley sprout (stir-fried) 1 nyang each. Powder them, make pills with vinegar paste the size of a firmiana seed, and take fifty down with ginger decoction. — Yuchwi 類聚 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Warm throughout with no cold medicinal at all, and no purgative — atractylodes lancea, lindera and cyperus at two nyang lead, with the two gingers behind them. The name says what it does: loosen the centre rather than break the mass. Among the general prescriptions of this section it is the one for a patient already sallow and wasted, which the indication states outright. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.