Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Enrich the Yin Rehmannia Decoction

Jaeumjihwang-tang

한글 자음지황탕  ·  Pinyin Zi Yin Di Huang Tang

滋陰地黃湯

Composition 構成

Total 38.8 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Ministerial fire stirred by desire — deafness of the right ear

Biomedical correlates

  • Hearing loss after illness or sexual exhaustion

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治色慾動相火致右耳聾. 熟地黃 一錢半, 山藥ㆍ山茱萸ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ白芍藥 各八分, 牡丹皮ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ石菖蒲ㆍ遠志ㆍ知母ㆍ黃栢(幷鹽酒炒) 各六分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服, 空心. 亦治大病後耳聾. 《回春》

Translation

Treats desire stirring the ministerial fire so that the right ear goes deaf. Cooked rehmannia 1 don 5 pun; dioscorea, cornus, angelica, chuanxiong and white peony 8 pun each; tree peony bark, alisma, white poria, acorus, polygala, anemarrhena and phellodendron (all salt-and-wine fried) 6 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take on an empty stomach. It also treats deafness after a great illness. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · I)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Yukmijihwang-hwan with Samul-tang and the ear's two orifice-openers, acorus and polygala. The right-ear counterpart to the formula above, and the note that it also answers deafness after a long illness is worth keeping. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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