Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)

Harmonize the Centre Drink

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한글 화중음 · Pinyin He Zhong Yin

和中飮

The Jeongjeon's explicit contraindication — fever with a clenched mouth — is unusual in this chapter and is preserved here.

Composition 構成

Aengsokgak Ying Su Ke
罌粟殼 앵속각 · Opium Poppy Capsule (controlled)

6 g
Chief 君

vinegar stir-fried · narcotic
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

2.8 g
Assistant 佐

kernel
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Assistant 佐

one fruit
Satang Sha Tang
砂糖 사당 · Granulated Sugar

12 g
Envoy 使
Jinchangmi Chen Cang Mi
陳倉米 진창미 · Aged Granary Rice

8 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits

Total 46 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

Treats dysentery red or white
recent or long-standing
with no case in which it fails
Must not be given where there is fever and a clenched mouth

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Chronic dysentery without fever
Dysentery with spleen vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Chronic dysentery

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治痢, 無問赤白ㆍ久近, 無不效. 但發熱噤口者不可服. 鸎粟殼(醋炒) 一錢半, 陳皮ㆍ白朮ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ赤芍藥各一錢, 陳倉米二錢, 草果仁七分, 甘草三分, 砂糖三錢, 烏梅一箇. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats dysentery, red or white, recent or long-standing, with no case in which it fails; but it must not be given where there is fever and a clenched mouth. Vinegar-stir-fried poppy husk, 1.5 don; tangerine peel, white atractylodes, red poria and red peony, 1 don each; aged granary rice, 2 don; tsaoko kernel, 7 fun; licorice, 3 fun; sugar, 3 don; one mume plum. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes, and decoct in water. — Uihak Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The contraindication is what makes this entry valuable. The Jeongjeon claims the formula never fails and then states plainly that it must not be given to a patient with fever who cannot keep food down — which is to say, do not arrest the stool in an acute febrile dysentery. That is the caution the rest of the section's opiate formulas omit, and it is correct. With the sugar and granary rice in it, the formula is also half a rehydration drink. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.