Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)
Moisten the Intestines Five Kernels Pill
Jajangoin-hwan
한글 자장오인환 · Pinyin Zi Chang Wu Ren Wan
Each kernel is ground separately to a paste, then combined with the powdered red tangerine peel and bound with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 50–60 pills with thin rice water.
Composition 構成
- Gyulhong橘紅 귤홍 · Red Tangerine Peel160 g
Chief 君 powdered - Haengin杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel40 g
Deputy 臣 - Doin桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel40 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekjain柏子仁 백자인 · Arborvitae Seed20 g
Assistant 佐 - Songjain松子仁 송자인 · Pine Nut10 g
Assistant 佐 - Ukriin郁李仁 욱리인 · Bush Cherry Pit4 g
Assistant 佐
Total 274 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
- Moistens a bowel left dry by the blood a birth has spent
- Opens by lubricating rather than by driving
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Yin Blood worn away after birth with the stool bound and rough (産後陰血虛耗 大便閉澁)
- Postpartum constipation from dryness
- Constipation in the depleted where purging would harm
Biomedical correlates
- Postpartum constipation
- Constipation with dehydration or blood loss
- Constipation in the frail
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治産後陰血虛耗, 大便閉澁. 橘紅末 四兩, 杏仁ㆍ桃仁 各一兩, 柏子仁 五錢, 松子仁 二錢半, 郁李仁 一錢. 右各另硏爲膏, 合橘紅末, 蜜丸梧子大, 米飮下五六十丸. 《正傳》
Translation
Treats Yin Blood worn away and exhausted after birth, with the stool bound and rough. Powdered red tangerine peel 4 nyang; apricot kernel and peach kernel, 1 nyang each; arborvitae seed 5 don; pine nut 2.5 don; bush cherry kernel 1 don. Grind each kernel separately to a paste, combine with the powdered tangerine peel, and bind with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 50–60 pills with thin rice water. — Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Buin)