Ginseng Beverage

Insam-eum

한글 인삼음 · Pinyin Ren Shen Yin

人參飮

Also called Bogi-tang, the Supplement the Qi Decoction (Uigam 醫鑑). One or two packets taken on the day of hard labor forestall the illness of internal-damage heat effusion.

Composition 構成

Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

6 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Assistant 佐
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

1 g
Assistant 佐 20 grains
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使 2 pieces
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.8 g
Envoy 使

Total 39 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

Forestalls the internal-damage fever before hard labor can plant it
Supplements Qi and guards fluids on the day of heavy toil

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taken upon meeting taxing hardship and overexertion (遇勞倦辛苦用力過多)
Prevention of internal-damage heat effusion
The laborer's protective decoction

Biomedical correlates

Preventive support for physical overexertion
Occupational fatigue prophylaxis
Recovery-day supplementation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

人遇勞倦辛苦, 用力過多, 卽服一二貼, 免生內傷發熱之病. 黃芪一錢半, 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ陳皮ㆍ麥門冬各一錢, 茯神八分, 甘草七分, 五味子二十粒. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 水煎服. 《必用》 ○一名補氣湯. 《醫鑑》

Translation

When a person meets taxing hardship and bitterness, using strength beyond measure, taking one or two packets at once spares them the illness of internal-damage heat effusion. Astragalus 1.5 don; ginseng, white atractylodes, tangerine peel, and ophiopogon, 1 don each; hostwood poria 0.8 don; licorice 0.7 don; schisandra 20 grains. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take (Piryong 必用). — Also called Bogi-tang. (Uigam 醫鑑)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The only formula in the chapter prescribed before the disease — a dose against tomorrow's fever, drunk on the day the work is heavy. Astragalus walls, ophiopogon and schisandra hold the fluids the sweat will chase, and the doctrine's whole arc bends here into prevention: the laborer's flask. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.