Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Immun (入門)

Ginseng Free Wanderer Powder

Insamsoyo-san

한글 인삼소요산 · Pinyin Ren Shen Xiao Yao San

人參逍遙散

女勞復 is relapse brought on by intercourse during convalescence, distinct from 勞復 from ordinary exertion.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

8 g
Chief 君
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

8 g
Chief 君
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Assistant 佐

Total 34 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

Supplements the qi and blood
Resolves relapse in a depleted patient

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Relapse after intercourse in a weak patient
Depletion of qi and blood with lingering heat

Biomedical correlates

Post-infectious fatigue with debility

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治女勞復虛弱者. 人參ㆍ當歸各二錢, 柴胡一錢半, 白朮ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ白茯苓各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats relapse from intercourse in the weak. Ginseng and tangkuei, 2 don each; bupleurum, 1 don 5 fun; atractylodes, white peony and poria, 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Han, lower)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Free Wanderer Powder with ginseng substituted for the usual mint and roasted ginger, and the substitution tells you the pattern: this is relapse in someone who had no reserve, so the formula supplements and leaves the venting to a single modest dose of bupleurum. Ginseng and tangkuei at double everything else make it a qi-and-blood formula first. It is the mirror of 竹皮逍遙散 two entries earlier, which treats the same relapse in a patient with heat to clear; here there is only depletion. The pairing of the two is a good example of how the Bogam arranges formulas by what the patient has left rather than by the name of the disease. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.