Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Mangye (回春)
Tested Blacken the Beard Wine
Gyeongheomosu-ju
한글 경험오수주 · Pinyin Jing Yan Wu Xu Jiu
Composition 構成
- Gugija枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry1400 g
Chief 君 2 seung of red, plump, large fruit, picked facing east on a ren or gui day in the tenth month, pounded open - Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia3000 g
Deputy 臣 3 seung as juice, added after 21 days
Total 4400 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Turns white to black
- Lightens the body and strengthens the frame
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Whitening of beard and moustache
- Liver and Kidney yin insufficiency
Biomedical correlates
- Age-related greying
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
能變白爲黑, 身輕體健, 功不可述. 每年冬十月壬癸日, 面東採摘紅肥大枸杞子二升擣破. 同好無灰酒二斗, 同盛於磁器內, 浸二十一日足, 開封, 添生地黃汁三升, 攪勻, 各以紙三層封其口, 俱至立春前三十日開甁, 空心, 煖飮一盃. 至立春後, 髭鬚都黑, 勿食三白. 《回春》
Translation
Able to turn white to black, lightening the body and strengthening the frame, with merit beyond describing. Every year in the tenth winter month, on a ren or gui day, facing east, pick 2 seung of red, plump, large lycium fruit and pound them open. Put them with 2 mal of good unlimed wine into a porcelain vessel and steep a full twenty-one days. Open the seal, add 3 seung of raw rehmannia juice, stir evenly, and seal the mouth with three layers of paper each. When it comes to thirty days before the beginning of spring, open the bottle and drink a warmed cup on an empty stomach. After the beginning of spring the moustache and beard are entirely black. Avoid the three whites. — Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Mobal)