Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Dongwon (東垣)

Harmonize the Blood and Moisten the Intestine Decoction

Hwahyeol-yunjang-tang

한글 화혈윤장탕 · Pinyin He Xue Run Chang Tang

和血潤腸湯

Composition 構成

Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

6 g
Chief 君
Main Ma Ren
麻仁 마인 · Hemp Seed

6 g
Chief 君
Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

tip of the root
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

2 g
Deputy 臣
Honghwa Hong Hua
紅花 홍화 · Safflower

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

raw

Total 31.6 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 the stool dry and bound and not passing

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood dryness with stasis and constipation

Biomedical correlates

Habitual constipation
Constipation with haemorrhoids

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治大便燥結不通. 升麻ㆍ桃仁ㆍ麻仁各一錢半, 大黃ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ當歸梢各七分, 生地黃ㆍ生甘草各五分, 紅花三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats the stool dry and bound and not passing. Cimicifuga, peach kernel and hemp seed, 1.5 don each; rhubarb, cooked rehmannia and the tip of tangkuei, 7 fun each; raw rehmannia and raw licorice, 5 fun each; safflower, 3 fun. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The third of Dongwon's moistening trio in this section, and the pattern across them is worth seeing: the same core — cimicifuga, peach kernel, the rehmannias, safflower, a little rhubarb — recombined for a dry stool, a stuck gate and a blood dryness. He treats constipation as a disorder of the blood rather than of the bowel almost throughout, which is unusual and coherent. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.