Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Kernel and Rehmannia Powder

Insuk-san

한글 인숙산 · Pinyin Ren Shu San

仁熟散

Composition 構成

Baekjain Bai Zi Ren
柏子仁 백자인 · Arborvitae Seed

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

4 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

3 g
Deputy 臣
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

3 g
Deputy 臣
Sansuyu Shan Zhu Yu
山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus

3 g
Deputy 臣
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

3 g
Deputy 臣
Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

3 g
Deputy 臣
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

3 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

3 g
Assistant 佐

桂心, the heartwood
Gamguk Ju Hua
甘菊 감국 · Chrysanthemum

3 g
Assistant 佐

Total 32 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

Treats gallbladder vacuity with fear and dread and inability to sleep alone

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Gallbladder vacuity — fearful
timid
unable to lie down alone

Biomedical correlates

Anxiety with fear of being alone
Insomnia from timidity

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治膽虛, 恐畏, 不能獨臥. 柏子仁ㆍ熟地黃各一錢, 人參ㆍ枳殼ㆍ五味子ㆍ桂心ㆍ山茱萸ㆍ甘菊ㆍ茯神ㆍ枸杞子各七分半. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 或爲末, 溫酒調二錢服之. 《入門》

Translation

Treats gallbladder vacuity, with fear and dread and inability to lie down alone. Arborvitae seed and cooked rehmannia 1 don each; ginseng, bitter orange, schisandra, cinnamon heartwood, cornus, chrysanthemum, poria with pine root and lycium fruit 7 pun 5 ri each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take; or powder it and take 2 don stirred into warm wine. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Dambu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The name is the first graph of its two chiefs — 仁 the kernel and 熟 the cooked rehmannia — and the indication is the Lingshu's sign for the empty gallbladder at 7.7.1: 不能獨臥, cannot sleep alone. The gallbladder is the organ of courage, and its vacuity is the fear that needs company in the dark. Arborvitae seed and poria-with-pine-root are the Spirit chapter's pair for that. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.