Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Uibang Jimnyak (醫方集略)
Angelica and Curcuma Break the Concretion Decoction
Gwichulpajing-tang
한글 귀출파징탕 · Pinyin Gui Zhu Po Zheng Tang
Cut and made into one packet with a little wine added, decocted in water and taken. Note on modern practice: a palpable pelvic mass with amenorrhea requires gynecological evaluation and imaging.
Composition 構成
- Hyangbuja香附子 향부자 · Cyperus6 g
Chief 君 vinegar-fried - Samneung三稜 삼릉 · Sparganium4 g
Deputy 臣 vinegar-boiled - Bongchul莪朮 봉출 · Zedoary4 g
Deputy 臣 vinegar-boiled - Jeokjakyak赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony4 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekjakyak白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony4 g
Deputy 臣 - Danggui當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica4 g
Deputy 臣 tail (尾) - Cheongpi靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel4 g
Assistant 佐 - Oyak烏藥 오약 · Lindera2.8 g
Assistant 佐 - Honghwa紅花 홍화 · Safflower2 g
Assistant 佐 - Somok蘇木 소목 · Sappan Wood2 g
Assistant 佐 - Yukgye肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark2 g
Assistant 佐 官桂
Total 38.8 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
- Breaks the accumulated mass that stops the menses
- Moves the Blood and the Qi that has bound it
- with wine as the courier
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Menses not flowing with an accumulated lump in the abdomen and pain (月經不通 腹中有積塊疼痛)
- Blood concretion from long stagnation
- Pain with a palpable mass
Biomedical correlates
- Amenorrhea with pelvic mass
- Fibroid-associated menstrual obstruction — supportive care
- Chronic pelvic pain with stagnation signs
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治月經不通, 腹中有積塊疼痛. 香附子(醋炒) 一錢半, 三稜ㆍ蓬朮(幷醋煮)ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ當歸尾ㆍ靑皮 各一錢, 烏藥 七分, 紅花ㆍ蘇木ㆍ官桂 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入酒少許, 水煎服. 《集略》
Translation
Treats menses not flowing, with an accumulated lump within the abdomen and pain. Vinegar-fried cyperus 1.5 don; sparganium and curcuma (both vinegar-boiled), red peony, white peony, angelica tail, and green tangerine peel, 1 don each; lindera 7 fun; safflower, sappan wood, and cassia, 5 fun each. Cut the above, make one packet, add a little wine, decoct in water and take. — Jimnyak 集略 (Donguibogam · Po)