Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Cinnamon and Aromatics Powder

Gyehyang-san

한글 계향산 · Pinyin Gui Xiang San

桂香散

Composition 構成

Chodugu Cao Dou Kou
草豆蔲 초두구 · Katsumada Galangal Seed

40 g
Chief 君

roasted (煨)
Yangang Gao Liang Jiang
良薑 양강 · Lesser Galangal

40 g
Chief 君

stir-fried (炒)
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

40 g
Deputy 臣
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

40 g
Deputy 臣

縮砂
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

40 g
Deputy 臣

roasted and cut (煨切)
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

40 g
Deputy 臣

ginger-processed (薑製)
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

10 g
Deputy 臣

2 don 5 pun
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

20 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒), 5 don
Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

20 g
Assistant 佐

the flesh, 5 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

40 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

40 g
Envoy 使

the flesh
Yeom Yan
鹽 염 · Salt

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Envoy 使

a little salt in the draught

Total 370 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats long-standing cold of the spleen viscus with abdominal pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen cold of long standing — abdominal pain

Biomedical correlates

Chronic abdominal pain from cold

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脾藏久冷腹痛. 草豆蔲(煨)ㆍ良薑(炒)ㆍ白朮ㆍ縮砂ㆍ甘草(灸)ㆍ生薑(煨切)ㆍ厚朴(薑製)ㆍ大棗肉各一兩, 靑皮(炒)ㆍ訶子肉各五錢, 肉桂二錢半. 右剉, 水一椀同煮令乾, 杵作團, 硏爲麤末, 每三錢, 沸湯入鹽少許點服. 空心腹痛最難得藥, 此特工止痛, 理不可知. 《得效》

Translation

Treats long-standing cold of the spleen viscus with abdominal pain. Round cardamom (roasted), lesser galangal (stir-fried), white atractylodes, amomum, licorice (mix-fried), fresh ginger (roasted and cut), magnolia bark (ginger-processed) and jujube flesh 1 nyang each; green tangerine peel (stir-fried) and chebula flesh 5 don each; cinnamon 2 don 5 pun. Cut up, boil together in a wan of water until dry, pound into a ball, grind to a coarse powder, and take 3 don at a time stirred into freshly boiled water with a little salt. Abdominal pain on an empty stomach is hardest of all to find a medicine for; this one is especially good at stopping the pain, though the principle cannot be known. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Bok)

Clinical commentary 臨床

理不可知 — the principle cannot be known. The Deukhyo says outright that it does not understand why this works, only that it does, and keeps it anyway. That admission is rarer in the formularies than the formula. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.