Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Aster Shoot Decoction

Jawanyong-tang

한글 자완용탕 · Pinyin Zi Wan Rong Tang

紫菀茸湯

Composition 構成

Jawan Zi Wan
紫菀 자완 · Aster Root

4 g
Chief 君

the young shoots (茸)
Sangyeop Sang Ye
桑葉 상엽 · Mulberry Leaf

4 g
Deputy 臣

leaves taken after the frost
Gwandonghwa Kuan Dong Hua
款冬花 관동화 · Coltsfoot Flower

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekhap Bai He
百合 백합 · Lily Bulb

4 g
Deputy 臣
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Paemo Bei Mu
貝母 패모 · Fritillaria

4 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Deputy 臣
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

4 g
Assistant 佐

rolled into beads (珠)
Pohwang Pu Huang
蒲黃 포황 · Cattail Pollen

4 g
Assistant 佐

dry-fried
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Assistant 佐

processed · toxic in the raw state
Seogak Xi Jiao
犀角 서각 · Rhinoceros Horn (prohibited)

2 g
Assistant 佐

rhinoceros horn — a protected species
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

five slices

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats evil heat injuring the lung from excess of fried and grilled food
with cough, an itching throat, much phlegm, urgent panting and flank pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lung heat with cough and itching throat
Phlegm heat with panting and flank pain

Biomedical correlates

Acute bronchitis with cough
Pleuritic pain with productive cough

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治過食煎煿, 邪熱傷肺, 咳嗽, 咽痒, 痰多, 喘急, 脇痛. 紫菀茸ㆍ經霜桑葉ㆍ欵冬花ㆍ百合ㆍ杏仁ㆍ阿膠珠ㆍ貝母ㆍ蒲黃(炒)ㆍ半夏各一錢, 犀角ㆍ人參ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats evil heat injuring the lung from excess of fried and grilled food, with cough, an itching throat, abundant phlegm, urgent panting and pain in the flanks. Aster shoots, mulberry leaves gathered after the frost, coltsfoot flower, lily bulb, apricot kernel, donkey-hide glue beads, fritillaria, dry-fried typha pollen and pinellia, 1 don each; rhinoceros horn, ginseng and licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Dangye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

咽痒 — an itching throat — is the symptom that names this formula's case: the tickling at the back of the throat that sets off a bout of coughing, which the chapter reads as heat and dryness at the surface of the lung. Aster shoots, coltsfoot and lily are the three standard cough-stopping moisteners, and the glue and typha pollen are there because the cough has been hard enough to bring up blood. 經霜桑葉, mulberry leaves gathered after the first frost, is a real distinction in the materia medica — the frost was held to make them cooler — and the Bogam specifies it whenever the lung is hot. **Contains rhinoceros horn, a protected-species material whose trade is banned under CITES; this must not be prepared. Contains pinellia, which is toxic in the raw state and must be properly processed.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.