Formulas · Transform Dampness 化濕 · Taepyeong Hyemin Hwaje Gukbang (太平惠民和劑局方)
Elsholtzia Powder
Hyangyu-san
한글 향유산 · Pinyin Xiang Ru San
The parent formula of the whole elsholtzia group in this chapter; every other 香薷 formula here is this one with drugs added or exchanged. Cited from this chapter by the Cold and Sudden Turmoil chapters.
Composition 構成
- Hyangyu香薷 향유 · Elsholtzia12 g
Chief 君 - Hubak厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark6 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekpyeondu白扁豆 백편두 · Hyacinth Bean6 g
Deputy 臣 - Ju酒 주 · Wine—
Envoy 使a little, added to the decoction
Total 24 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 all summerheat diseases from injury within
- or sudden turmoil with vomiting and diarrhoea
- or clouded obstruction at the point of collapse
- Taken thoroughly cold with a little wine
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Summerheat damp injuring the middle
- Summerheat with vomiting and diarrhoea or collapse
Biomedical correlates
- Heat exhaustion
- Acute gastroenteritis
- Heatstroke
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治傷中一切暑病, 或霍亂吐瀉, 或昏塞欲絶. 香薷 三錢, 厚朴ㆍ白扁豆 各一錢半. 右剉, 作一貼, 入酒少許, 水煎, 去滓, 沉冷服之. 《局方》 ○治中暑霍亂吐瀉ㆍ腹痛轉筋ㆍ四肢逆冷, 急煎此藥沉冷服之, 他藥不能救. 《霍亂門》
Translation
Treats all summerheat diseases from injury within, or sudden turmoil with vomiting and diarrhoea, or clouded obstruction at the point of collapse. Elsholtzia, 3 don; magnolia bark and hyacinth bean, 1 don 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add a little wine, decoct in water, strain and take thoroughly cold. ○ Treats sudden turmoil from summerheat stroke with vomiting and diarrhoea, abdominal pain, cramping and cold reversal of the four limbs; decoct this medicine at once and give it thoroughly cold, for no other medicine can rescue such a case. — Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Seo, Gwallan)