Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)
Mysterious Cuscuta Root-Securing Pill
Hyeontogobon-hwan
한글 현토고본환 · Pinyin Xuan Tu Gu Ben Wan
Pill formula, bulk amounts: from 1 geun of wine-prepared cuscuta, 8 nyang of clean powder is taken; powdered with the rest and bound with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 80–90 pills with warm wine or salted water. Listed in the section for cases where Kidney and Gate of Life are both vacuous.
Composition 構成
- Tosaja菟絲子 토사자 · Cuscuta320 g
Chief 君 wine-prepared (酒製) - Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia160 g
Deputy 臣 - Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia160 g
Deputy 臣 dried (生乾) - Cheonmundong天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root160 g
Deputy 臣 - Maekmundong麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope160 g
Deputy 臣 - Omija五味子 오미자 · Schisandra160 g
Assistant 佐 - Boksin茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood160 g
Assistant 佐 - Sanyak山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam120 g
Assistant 佐 lightly dry-fried - Yeonjayuk蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed80 g
Assistant 佐 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng80 g
Assistant 佐 - Gugija枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry80 g
Assistant 佐
Total 1640 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
- Secures the root when the lower origin is debilitated
- Enriches Yin and assists Yang in the same motion (滋陰助陽)
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Vacuity taxation with the lower origin debilitated (下元衰弱)
- Kidney and Gate of Life both flagging
- Dual Yin-Yang depletion anchored below
Biomedical correlates
- Chronic fatigue with cold weakness and reproductive decline
- Age-related lower-origin decline
- Long-course dual-supplementation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治虛勞, 下元衰弱, 能滋陰助陽. 兎絲子(一斤酒製取淨末) 八兩, 熟地黃ㆍ生乾地黃ㆍ天門冬ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ五味子ㆍ茯神 各四兩, 山藥(微炒) 三兩, 蓮肉ㆍ人參ㆍ枸杞子 各二兩. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大. 溫酒或鹽湯下八九十丸. 《丹心》
Translation
Treats vacuity taxation with the lower origin debilitated; able to enrich Yin and assist Yang. Cuscuta (1 geun prepared in wine, 8 nyang of clean powder taken); prepared rehmannia, dried raw rehmannia, asparagus root, ophiopogon, schisandra, and hostwood poria, 4 nyang each; lightly dry-fried dioscorea 3 nyang; lotus seed, ginseng, and lycium fruit, 2 nyang each. Powder the above and bind with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 80–90 pills with warm wine or salted water. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Heoro)