Formulas · Transform Dampness 化濕 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Elsholtzia and Magnolia Bark Drink

Hyangbak-eumja

한글 향박음자 · Pinyin Xiang Po Yin Zi

香朴飮子

The most elaborate of the elsholtzia formulas; mume flesh and alisma are the two drugs not found in the others of the group.

Composition 構成

Hyangyu Xiang Ru
香薷 향유 · Elsholtzia

6 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Chief 君
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Baekpyeondu Bai Bian Dou
白扁豆 백편두 · Hyacinth Bean

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Mogwa Mu Gua
木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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 36 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 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 injury by summerheat with vomiting
diarrhoea and vexed agitation
Transforms damp
settles the stomach and gathers in the fluid

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Summerheat damp with vomiting and diarrhoea and agitation
Summerheat damp with fluid loss

Biomedical correlates

Acute gastroenteritis with restlessness
Heat exhaustion with vomiting

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治傷暑吐瀉ㆍ煩亂. 香薷一錢半, 厚朴ㆍ白扁豆ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ陳皮ㆍ木瓜ㆍ半夏ㆍ人參ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ烏梅肉各七分, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats injury by summerheat with vomiting, diarrhoea and vexed agitation. Elsholtzia, 1 don 5 fun; magnolia bark, hyacinth bean, alisma, red poria, tangerine peel, chaenomeles, pinellia, ginseng, perilla leaf and mume flesh, 7 fun each; licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes, and decoct. — Dangye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Seo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The fullest version of the chapter's elsholtzia architecture, with alisma added to drain and mume added to gather in, so that the formula both lets fluid out below and holds it above. Mume with ginseng and chaenomeles is the combination for a patient who has lost a great deal through vomiting and diarrhoea and is now agitated — and agitation in that state is the sign of electrolyte and volume loss rather than of heat. Twelve drugs is a great many for an acute gastroenteritis, but each group in it is identifiable and none of it is harsh. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.