Formulas · Reduce Food Stagnation 消食 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Cyperus and Amomum Calm the Stomach Powder (Hoechun)

Hyangsapyeongwi-san

한글 향사평위산(회춘) · Pinyin Xiang Sha Ping Wei San

香砂平胃散

A formula of the same name is already registered from the Bangyakhappyeon 方藥合編, sharing only atractylodes lancea, magnolia bark, tangerine peel, cyperus, amomum, costus and licorice. That version carries agastache and bitter orange fruit and no food-reducing medicinals; the two are distinct prescriptions and are separated by source suffix.

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

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

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

4 g
Assistant 佐 child-urine processed (便香附)
Nabokja Lai Fu Zi
萊菔子 나복자 · Radish Seed

4 g
Assistant 佐 a pinch, stir-fried and ground (炒硏一撮)
Sansa Shan Zha
山楂 산사 · Hawthorn

2 g
Assistant 佐 flesh only (山査肉)
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2 g
Assistant 佐縮砂
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

2 g
Assistant 佐
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

2 g
Assistant 佐
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

2 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

2 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使 mix-fried (灸)

Total 41.2 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

Disperses food depression and frees the centre
Dries damp and moves the qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Food depression with belching of acid and aversion to food
Glomus lumps with distension
Tight replete pulse at the qi opening

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia with food retention
Reflux with bloating

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治食鬱. 蒼朮ㆍ厚朴ㆍ陳皮ㆍ便香附各一錢, 山査肉ㆍ縮砂ㆍ枳殼ㆍ麥芽ㆍ神麴ㆍ乾薑ㆍ木香各五分, 甘草(灸) 三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三, 蘿葍子(炒硏) 一撮, 煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats food depression. Atractylodes lancea, magnolia bark, tangerine peel and child-urine-processed cyperus 1 don each; hawthorn flesh, amomum, bitter orange, barley sprout, medicated leaven, dry ginger and costus 5 pun each; licorice (mix-fried) 3 pun. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and a pinch of radish seed (stir-fried and ground), decoct and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Pyeongwi-san with cyperus and amomum added, as the name says, and then a food-reducing set on top of that — hawthorn, barley sprout, medicated leaven and radish seed. Dry ginger at 5 pun is the notable inclusion in a formula for a condition the section describes with belching of acid and jaundice, both heat signs; it is there because food that has sat undigested is cold matter whatever heat it generates around itself. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.