Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Danggye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Shrimp Broth Method

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한글 하즙방 · Pinyin Xia Zhi Fang

鰕汁方

鵝翎 — the goose quill used to stroke the back of the throat — is the mechanical trigger, and is not an ingredient.

Composition 構成

Ha Xia
鰕 하 · Freshwater Shrimp

320 g
Chief 君

half a geun
Jangcheong Jiang Qing
醬淸 장청 · Clear Soy Sauce

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Assistant 佐

as seasoning
Saengchong Sheng Cong
生葱 생총 · Fresh Scallion

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Assistant 佐

as seasoning
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Assistant 佐

as seasoning

Total 320 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Induces vomiting of wind phlegm
Draws the wind out with the phlegm

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind phlegm congesting the chest and throat
Wind stroke with phlegm to be expelled upward

Biomedical correlates

Phlegm obstruction
Therapeutic emesis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

吐出風痰. 鰕半斤, 入醬ㆍ葱ㆍ薑等料物, 水煮. 先喫鰕, 次飮汁, 後以鵝翎探引吐痰出. 用鰕者, 蓋引其風出耳. 《丹心》

Translation

Vomits out wind phlegm. Shrimp, half a geun; put in soybean paste, scallion, ginger and other seasonings and boil in water. First eat the shrimp, next drink the broth, and afterwards probe with a goose quill to draw the phlegm up and out. Shrimp is used because it draws the wind out. — Danggye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

One of the least medicinal prescriptions in the book and one of the most honest. A pot of seasoned shrimp broth, eaten and drunk until the stomach is full, and then a goose feather at the back of the throat: that is the whole method. Danggye's gloss, that shrimp is used because it draws the wind out, is an after-the-fact rationalization of what is really a palatable bulk-filling emetic. The clinical logic — fill the stomach with something that will come up easily, then trigger the reflex — is sound enough on its own terms, and the one it resembles most is the modern use of warm water before induced emesis. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.