Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Seonghye (聖惠)
Two Mothers Powder
Imo-san
한글 이모산 · Pinyin Er Mu San
二母散
Composition 構成
- Doin桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel8 g
Chief 君 - Jimo知母 지모 · Anemarrhena4 g
Chief 君 - Paemo貝母 패모 · Fritillaria4 g
Chief 君 - Haengin杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel8 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekbokryeong白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)4 g
Deputy 臣 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng4 g
Deputy 臣
Total 32 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
- Treats cough from lochia flowing into the lung channel
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Lochia flowing into the lung channel after delivery
- with cough
Biomedical correlates
- Postpartum pulmonary embolism
- Postpartum cough
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治産後, 惡露流入肺經, 咳嗽. 知母ㆍ貝母ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ人參 各一錢, 桃仁ㆍ杏仁 各二錢. 右剉作一貼, 水煎服. 《聖惠》
Translation
Treats lochia flowing into the lung channel after delivery, with cough. Anemarrhena, fritillaria, white poria and ginseng 1 don each; peach kernel and apricot kernel 2 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Seonghye 聖惠 (Donguibogam · Buin)
Clinical commentary 臨床
惡露流入肺經 — lochia flowing into the lung channel — is the tradition's account of respiratory trouble arising suddenly after delivery, and it is a remarkable description. Peach kernel at twice the weight of the anemarrhena marks it as a blood formula rather than a cough one.
What the category covers includes postpartum pulmonary embolism, which does begin as sudden breathlessness in the days after delivery and does originate in the pelvic veins.
**Sudden breathlessness after delivery requires urgent assessment; pulmonary embolism is a leading cause of maternal death.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.