Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Enrich the Yin and Clear the Stomach Pill

Jaeumcheongwi-hwan

한글 자음청위환 · Pinyin Zi Yin Qing Wei Wan

滋陰淸胃丸

Composition 構成

Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

80 g
Chief 君

calcined and vinegar-quenched, 2 nyang
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

40 g
Chief 君

wine-washed
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

40 g
Chief 君

wine-washed
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

40 g
Deputy 臣

salt-water fried
Mokdanpi Mu Dan Pi
牡丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark

40 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

28 g
Deputy 臣

wine-fried (酒炒), 7 don
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

28 g
Deputy 臣

7 don
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

28 g
Deputy 臣

7 don
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

28 g
Deputy 臣

7 don
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

20 g
Deputy 臣

5 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

16 g
Envoy 使

raw, the nodes, 4 don
Jeungbyeong Zheng Bing
蒸餠 증병 · Steamed Leavened Bread

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Envoy 使

steamed bread for binding
Mitang Mi Tang
米湯 미탕 · Rice Water

—
Envoy 使

rice water as the draught

Total 408 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 blood heat in the yang brightness channel with the gums swollen and painful
red and ulcerated
the flesh shrunk and the tooth roots bare

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood heat in the yang brightness — gums receding and ulcerated

Biomedical correlates

Periodontitis
Gingival recession

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治陽明經血熱, 上下牙床腫痛, 紅爛肉縮, 齒根露者. 石膏(煆醋淬) 二兩, 當歸(酒洗)ㆍ生地黃(酒洗)ㆍ梔子(鹽水炒)ㆍ牡丹皮各一兩, 黃連(酒炒)ㆍ知母ㆍ葛根ㆍ防風各七錢, 升麻ㆍ白芷各五錢, 生甘草節四錢. 右爲末, 蒸餠和丸菉豆大, 米飮下百丸. 《回春》

Translation

Treats blood heat in the yang brightness channel, with the gums above and below swollen and painful, red and ulcerated, the flesh shrunk and the tooth roots bare. Gypsum (calcined and vinegar-quenched) 2 nyang; angelica (wine-washed), fresh rehmannia (wine-washed), gardenia (salt-water fried) and tree peony bark 1 nyang each; coptis (wine-fried), anemarrhena, pueraria and saposhnikovia 7 don each; cimicifuga and angelica dahurica 5 don each; raw licorice nodes 4 don. Powder them, bind with steamed bread into pills the size of a mung bean, and take a hundred with rice water. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Ahchi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

紅爛肉縮, 齒根露 — red and ulcerated, the flesh shrunk and the roots showing. Advanced periodontal disease, and the pill is made to be taken over weeks rather than for an emergency. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.