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Fennel and Toosendan Pill

Hoehyangnyeonsil-hwan

한글 회향련실환  ·  Pinyin Hui Xiang Lian Shi Wan

茴香練實丸

The Wikisource transcription writes the genkwa as 洑花; 芫花 is read from the sense and from the Tangaek volumes.

Composition 構成

Total 360 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Seven mountings
  • Conglomeration with vaginal discharge

Biomedical correlates

  • Inguinal hernia pain
  • Chronic pelvic pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治男子七疝, 婦人帶下瘕聚, 痛不可忍, 皆任脈所主, 治法同焉. 川楝子(炒)ㆍ茴香ㆍ山茱萸ㆍ吳茱萸ㆍ食茱萸ㆍ靑皮ㆍ陳皮ㆍ馬藺花ㆍ芫花 各一兩. 右爲末, 醋糊和丸梧子大, 溫酒下五十丸. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats the seven mountings in men and vaginal discharge with conglomerations gathered in women, with pain that cannot be borne; both are governed by the conception vessel, and the method of treatment is the same. Toosendan fruit (stir-fried), fennel, cornus, evodia, ailanthus-prickly ash, green tangerine peel, tangerine peel, iris flower and genkwa 1 nyang each. Powder them, bind with a vinegar paste into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds, and take fifty with warm wine. — Danggye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Jeoneum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Nine medicinals in equal weight, and the reasoning behind the pairing is stated outright: men's mounting and women's discharge are one disorder of the conception vessel, so one formula serves both. Three evodias and two tangerine peels make it a formula of acrid warm qi-movers, with genkwa the one harsh drug — a water-expeller strong enough to be a purgative in its own right. **Contains genkwa, which is toxic.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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