Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Songmyeongui Yuan (續名醫類案)

Linking Decoction

Ilgwan-jeon

한글 일관전 · Pinyin Yi Guan Jian

一貫煎

Composition 構成

Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

12 g
Chief 君
Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

8 g
Deputy 臣
Sasam Sha Shen
沙參 사삼 · Adenophora

6 g
Deputy 臣
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

6 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

6 g
Assistant 佐
Cheollyeonja Chuan Lian Zi
川楝子 천련자 · Toosendan

3 g
Assistant 佐

Total 41 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

Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin
Gently spreads constrained Liver Qi within nourishment

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver Yin deficiency with Qi constraint
Hypochondriac dull ache with dry mouth and acid reflux
Irritability in a dry depleted patient whom moving herbs worsen

Biomedical correlates

Chronic hepatitis-pattern flank discomfort (adjunctive)
Reflux in Yin-deficient patients
Dry irritable presentations worsened by Qi-movers

Clinical commentary 臨床

The answer to a paradox — a Liver too dry to tolerate the very herbs that move it. Five moisteners and a single careful mover; the soothing hidden inside the nourishing. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.