Formulas · Transform Dampness 化濕 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Two Aromatics and Coptis Powder

Ihyanghwangnyeon-san

한글 이향황련산 · Pinyin Er Xiang Huang Lian San

二香黃連散

Composition 構成

Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

4 g
Chief 君
Hyangyu Xiang Ru
香薷 향유 · Elsholtzia

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekpyeondu Bai Bian Dou
白扁豆 백편두 · Hyacinth Bean

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangnyeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

a spoonful of the juice, added to the strained decoction

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats sudden turmoil from latent summerheat
with abdominal pain
agitation and oppression
a sunken pulse and cold hands and feet

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Latent summerheat damp with vomiting and diarrhoea
Summerheat turmoil with a sunken pulse

Biomedical correlates

Summer gastroenteritis with early circulatory compromise

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治伏暑霍亂, 腹痛躁悶, 脈沈, 手足冷. 藿香ㆍ厚朴ㆍ半夏ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ陳皮ㆍ白扁豆ㆍ香薷各一錢, 黃連ㆍ澤瀉各八分, 甘草三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 入薑汁一匙, 溫服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats sudden turmoil from latent summerheat, with abdominal pain, agitation and oppression, a sunken pulse and cold hands and feet. Patchouli, magnolia bark, pinellia, red poria, tangerine peel, hyacinth bean and elsholtzia, 1 don each; coptis and alisma, 8 fun each; licorice, 3 fun. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water, add a spoonful of ginger juice, and take warm. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Gwallan)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The two aromatics of the name are patchouli and elsholtzia, the summer pair, and the formula is essentially Hyangyu-san and Gwakhyangjeonggi-san put together with coptis and alisma added. The reasoning is visible in the sign list: a sunken pulse and cold hands and feet say the patient is cold on the surface, while 伏暑 — latent summerheat — says the cause is heat, so the formula warms and aromatizes the middle while taking heat out through the urine. It is the clinical situation 辨證 3.21 warns about, treated by its root rather than its appearance. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.