Formulas · Tonify Blood 補血 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Ginseng and Angelica Powder

Insamdanggwi-san

한글 인삼당귀산 · Pinyin Ren Shen Dang Gui San

人參當歸散

First decoct 1 hop of polished rice and 10 green bamboo leaves in two cups of water down to one cup; remove the rice and leaves, add the medicines with 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct again, and take. Note on modern practice: postpartum fever may indicate infection and requires medical evaluation.

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Chief 君
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐 bark (桂皮)
Gaengmi Jing Mi
粳米 갱미 · Non-glutinous Rice

20 g
Envoy 使 1 hop
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Jukyeop Zhu Ye
竹葉 죽엽 · Bamboo Leaf

4 g
Envoy 使 10 green leaves
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使 2 pieces

Total 56 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

Refills the Blood a birth has lost and cools the heat that its loss has raised
Quenches the thirst of a depleted body

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood lost in birth
engendering internal heat with vexation and thirst (産後亡血生內熱煩渴)
Postpartum fever of the depleted type
Thirst and restlessness after heavy loss

Biomedical correlates

Postpartum fever with dehydration
Anemia-adjacent presentations after birth
Recovery-phase thirst and restlessness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治産後亡血, 生內熱煩渴. 當歸ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ人參ㆍ麥門冬各一錢, 桂皮五分. 右剉, 作一貼. 先以粳米一合ㆍ靑竹葉十片, 水二盞煎至一盞, 去米葉, 乃入前藥及薑三棗二, 再煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats blood lost in birth, engendering internal heat with vexation and thirst. Korean angelica, prepared rehmannia, white peony, ginseng, and ophiopogon, 1 don each; cinnamon bark 5 fun. Cut the above and make one packet. First decoct 1 hop of polished rice and 10 green bamboo leaves in two cups of water down to one cup; remove the rice and leaves, then add the medicines with 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct again, and take. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The vehicle is prepared first and separately — rice and bamboo leaves decocted, strained, and the medicines added to that liquid. It is the same construction as White Tiger plus Ginseng, adapted for a woman who has lost blood rather than sweated it out: the rice protects the stomach, the bamboo leaves cool, and the Four Substances rebuild what the birth spent. The pinch of cinnamon keeps a formula this cool from chilling a postpartum patient. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.