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

Peony Decoction for Lip Sores

Jakyak-tang

한글 작약탕 (순창) · Pinyin Shao Yao Tang

芍藥湯

Not the Bomyeongjip formula for dysentery registered as jakyak-tang; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

4 g
Chief 君
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

4 g
Chief 君
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

4 g
Chief 君
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

5 pun

Total 26 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 spleen fire exuberant with sores arising on the lips
or eating much and hungering easily

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen fire — lip sores with excessive hunger

Biomedical correlates

Angular cheilitis
Perioral dermatitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脾火盛, 口脣生瘡, 或多食易飢. 赤芍藥ㆍ梔子ㆍ黃連ㆍ石膏ㆍ連翹ㆍ薄荷各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats spleen fire exuberant with sores arising on the lips, or eating much and hungering easily. Red peony, gardenia, coptis, gypsum, forsythia and mint 1 don each; licorice 5 pun. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Guseol)

Clinical commentary 臨床

多食易飢 — eating much and hungering easily, listed alongside lip sores as one presentation. The Flesh chapter's 8.5 gave the same appetite its own name, 食㑊, and both put it down to stomach heat. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.