Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Yumun Sachin (儒門事親)

Ginseng Powder

Insam-san

한글 인삼산 · Pinyin Ren Shen San

人參散

Powder formula, bulk amounts (ratio): grind the ingredients and take 2 don per dose, mixed down with warm water. Same name, different formula (同名異方): for Dongwon's Insam-san, see Ginseng and Poria Powder (insambokryeong-san).

Composition 構成

Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

80 g
Chief 君
Hansuseok Han Shui Shi
寒水石 한수석 · Glauberite

40 g
Deputy 臣
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

20 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

10 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

40 g
Envoy 使

Total 190 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 heat and disinhibits dampness through the urine
Engenders fluids and protects Qi in center wasting

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Center wasting (消中) with thirst and heat
Heat and dampness obstructing the burners
Zihe's cooling-disinhibiting method for wasting

Biomedical correlates

Polyphagia and thirst in hyperglycemic states
Heat intolerance with concentrated urine
Thirst in hot weather or febrile convalescence

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治消中. 滑石二兩, 寒水石ㆍ甘草各一兩, 石膏五錢, 人參二錢半. 右爲末, 每取二錢, 溫水調下. 《子和》

Translation

Treats center wasting. Talcum 2 nyang; glauberite and licorice, 1 nyang each; gypsum 5 don; ginseng 2.5 don. Grind the above to a powder and take 2 don per dose, mixed down with warm water. — Jahwa 子和 (Donguibogam · Sogal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Yiwon-san's grammar scaled up for the wasting patient — six parts cooling minerals to one part ginseng, Zihe trusting the urine to carry the heat out while a little ginseng holds the door. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.