Another Formula for Pain in the Penis

Gyeongjungtong Ilbang

한글 경중통 일방 · Pinyin Zhi Lin Jing Zhong Tong Yi Fang

治淋莖中痛一方

The base text gives this as 一方, without a name; it is entered under a descriptive title.

Composition 構成

Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

8 g
Chief 君

甘草梢, the root tips
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

8 g
Chief 君
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

4 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐

Total 28 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

Treats strangury with pain within the penis

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Strangury with pain in the urethra

Biomedical correlates

Urethritis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治淋莖中痛. 甘草梢ㆍ木通各二錢, 靑皮ㆍ黃柏ㆍ澤瀉各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 空心水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats strangury with pain within the penis. Licorice root tips and akebia 2 don each; green tangerine peel, phellodendron and alisma 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take on an empty stomach. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Sobyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Five medicinals, and licorice root tips at two don — the largest dose of them in the book. The chapter's last formula, and it treats one symptom only. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.