Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Toon Sprout Pill

Hyangchuna-hwan

한글 향춘아환 · Pinyin Xiang Chun Ya Wan

香椿芽丸

The Wikisource transcription gives the formula's name as 干崝丸, which is corrupt; it is named here for its chief ingredient, and the name should be checked against a printed edition.

Composition 構成

Hyangchuna Xiang Chun Ya
香椿芽 향춘아 · Chinese Toon Sprout

160 g
Chief 君

4 nyang of the juice
Inyu Ren Ru
人乳 인유 · Human Milk

160 g
Deputy 臣
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

160 g
Deputy 臣

4 nyang of white honey
I Li
梨 이 · Pear

160 g
Deputy 臣

梨汁, 4 nyang of pear juice

Total 640 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 long-standing loss of voice with hoarseness

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

The voice long lost
hoarse and mute

Biomedical correlates

Chronic aphonia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治久失音聲瘂. 香椿芽汁四兩<span class='sochu'>如無, 用淡香椿芽爲末四兩代之</span>, 人乳ㆍ白蜜ㆍ梨汁各四兩. 右和勻, 重湯煮熟, 不拘時服, 白湯送下. 《回春》

Translation

Treats long-standing loss of voice with hoarseness. Chinese toon sprout juice 4 nyang <span class='sochu'>if unavailable, 4 nyang of the powdered plain dried sprout may be used instead</span>; human milk, white honey and pear juice 4 nyang each. Mix them evenly, steam them cooked in a double boiler, and take at any hour with plain hot water. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Seongeum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four liquids steamed together — toon sprout, milk, honey and pear — and nothing else. The chapter's gentlest formula, for a voice that has been gone long enough that nothing sharp will bring it back. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.