Formulas · Dispel Wind-Damp 祛風濕 · Bonchō (本草)

Tiger Bone Wine

Hogol-ju

한글 호골주 · Pinyin Hu Gu Jiu

虎骨酒

Composition 構成

Hogyeonggol Hu Jing Gu
虎脛骨 호경골 · Tiger Shin Bone (prohibited)

75 g
Chief 君 PROHIBITED — dry-fried yellow and powdered
Yeongyanggak Ling Yang Jiao
羚羊角 영양각 · Saiga Antelope Horn (prohibited)

37.5 g
Deputy 臣 PROHIBITED — shavings
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

75 g
Assistant 佐 cut

Total 187.5 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

Dispels wind damp from the sinews and bones
Relieves pain of the arm and lower leg
Penetrates to deep-lying pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Pain of arm and shin whether shallow or deep
Chronic wind-damp bone pain
Aching that medicines fail to reach

Biomedical correlates

Chronic limb arthralgia
Deep bone pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治臂脛痛, 不計深淺皆效. 虎脛骨(熬黃擣末) 二兩, 羚羊角(屑) 一兩, 白芍藥(剉) 二兩. 右以好酒五升浸之, 春夏七日, 秋冬倍之. 每日, 空腹飮一盃, 冬月欲速服, 銀器盛, 置爐中三兩日, 卽可服. 《本草》

Translation

Treats pain of the arm and shin, effective whether the pain is shallow or deep. Tiger shin bone (dry-fried until yellow and pounded to powder) 2 nyang, saiga antelope horn shavings 1 nyang, cut white peony 2 nyang. Steep the above in 5 seung of good wine — seven days in spring and summer, twice that in autumn and winter. Drink one cup daily on an empty stomach. If in winter you wish to take it sooner, hold it in a silver vessel set in a brazier for two or three days, and it may then be taken. — Boncho 本草 (Donguibogam · Su)

Clinical commentary 臨床

This formula cannot be made. Tiger bone is prohibited under CITES Appendix I and the US Endangered Species Act, and saiga antelope horn is CITES-listed with the species critically endangered; two of the three ingredients are unobtainable and unlawful, leaving no route to a faithful reconstruction. It is recorded here as a document of the classical materia medica, not as a prescription. Practitioners seeking the classical intent — reaching wind-damp lodged in sinew and bone — should look to gupan (龜板) and sokdan (續斷) with mokgwa (木瓜), or to the wind-damp decoctions earlier in this chapter. The white peony at 2 nyang, softening and relaxing the sinews, is the one part of the original thinking that transfers directly. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.