Formulas · Reduce Food Stagnation 消食 · Piryong (必用)

Enrich the Spleen Pill

Jabi-hwan

한글 자비환 · Pinyin Zi Pi Wan

滋脾丸

Pill formula, bulk amounts: powdered and bound with cooked aged rice into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 100 pills swallowed with thin rice water.

Composition 構成

Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

40 g
Chief 君 dry-fried
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

40 g
Chief 君 dry-fried
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

40 g
Deputy 臣 leaven (半夏麴)
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

40 g
Deputy 臣
Yeonjayuk Lian Zi
蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed

40 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

40 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

40 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

40 g
Envoy 使

Total 320 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

Enriches the Spleen and nourishes the Stomach while dispersing food
Works entirely through ferments seeds and peels — no ginseng required

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Everyday weak digestion needing enrichment with dispersal (滋脾養胃消化飮食)
Chronic mild food retention
Gentle maintenance regulation

Biomedical correlates

Chronic mild dyspepsia
Everyday digestive maintenance
Sensitive patients needing tonic-free regulation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

滋脾養胃, 消化飮食. 神麴(炒)ㆍ麥芽(炒)ㆍ半夏麴ㆍ陳皮ㆍ蓮肉ㆍ枳殼ㆍ縮砂ㆍ甘草各一兩. 右爲末, 陳米飯和丸梧子大, 米飮呑下百丸. 《必用》

Translation

Enriches the Spleen and nourishes the Stomach; disperses and transforms food and drink. Dry-fried medicated leaven, dry-fried barley sprout, pinellia leaven, tangerine peel, lotus seed, bitter orange husk, amomum, and licorice, 1 nyang each. Powder the above and bind with cooked aged rice into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; swallow 100 pills with thin rice water. — Piryong 必用 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The tonic cabinet's quietest member — not one classic tonic herb in the jar, the enrichment done entirely by ferments, a lotus seed, and old rice. For the spleen that wants tending, not treatment; the formulary equivalent of a good plain congee. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.