Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Tangerine Peel and Angelica Pill
Gyulgwi-hwan
한글 귤귀환 · Pinyin Ju Gui Wan
Pill formula, bulk amounts: powdered and bound with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 50–70 pills with warm wine. Note on modern practice: new or spreading vascular markings on the skin warrant medical evaluation, as they can indicate liver disease among other causes.
Composition 構成
Total 240 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
- Frees the anger-bound liver that has driven blood out of its channels
- Moves the Qi and rebuilds the Blood with two herbs
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Blood-line tracks appearing on the skin of the trunk hands and feet (肌膚手足 俱有血線路)
- Anger damaging the Liver so that the Blood loses its normal channels (怒氣傷肝 血失常經)
- Visible vascular markings with irritability
Biomedical correlates
- Visible vascular markings on skin — historical description
- Spider angiomas or telangiectasia presentations
- Vascular skin changes with stress
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治婦人肌膚手足, 俱有血線路. 此怒氣傷肝, 血失常經故也. 橘紅 四兩, 當歸 二兩. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 溫酒下五七十丸. 《入門》
Translation
Treats a woman having blood-line tracks throughout the skin of the trunk and the hands and feet. This is anger damaging the Liver, so that the Blood loses its normal channels. Red tangerine peel 4 nyang; Korean angelica 2 nyang. Powder the pair and bind with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 50–70 pills with warm wine. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Buin)