Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Virgate Wormwood Powder

Injin-san

한글 인진산 · Pinyin Yin Chen San

茵蔯散

Composition 構成

Injinho Yin Chen Hao
茵蔯蒿 인진호 · Capillaris

4 g
Chief 君

茵蔯
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeoryeong Zhu Ling
猪苓 저령 · Polyporus

4 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

4 g
Deputy 臣
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

4 g
Assistant 佐
Deungsim Deng Xin Cao
燈心草 등심초 · Rush Pith

2 g
Envoy 使

燈心

Total 42 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

Clears damp heat jaundice
Drains damp and frees the urine

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp heat jaundice

Biomedical correlates

Jaundice with fluid retention

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治濕熱黃疸. 茵蔯ㆍ梔子ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ猪苓ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ蒼朮ㆍ枳實ㆍ黃連ㆍ厚朴ㆍ滑石各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 燈心一握, 同煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats damp heat jaundice. Virgate wormwood, gardenia, red poria, polyporus, alisma, atractylodes lancea, bitter orange fruit, coptis, magnolia bark and talc 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, add a handful of juncus, decoct together and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Hwangdal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ten medicinals at an even don, with the Oryeong-san group inside it — the fullest of the damp heat jaundice formulas and the one that drains hardest through the urine. The chapter states the principle at 5.4.7: where jaundice comes from food accumulation, purge the food; otherwise free the urine first, and when the urine runs clear the yellow retreats of itself. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.