Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Dongwon (東垣)

Clove, Ass-Hide Glue and Mugwort Decoction

Jeonghyanggyoae-tang

한글 정향교애탕 · Pinyin Ding Xiang Jiao Ai Tang

丁香膠艾湯

Cut and made into one packet, decocted in water and taken. Note on modern practice: persistent bleeding or discharge requires gynecological evaluation.

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

6 g
Chief 君
Aeyeop Ai Ye
艾葉 애엽 · Mugwort Leaf

4.8 g
Chief 君 fresh (生)
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

2.8 g
Deputy 臣 pearled
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

2 g
Assistant 佐
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

1.6 g
Assistant 佐
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

1.6 g
Assistant 佐

Total 20.8 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

Warms a womb gone cold as ice and holds the Blood that leaks from it
Stops the thin watery discharge of a cold vacuous ground

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Flooding and spotting that will not stop
at times like water leaking through a thatched roof (間有如茅屋漏水)
White discharge descending
With the region below the navel cold as ice (臍下如氷)

Biomedical correlates

Chronic uterine bleeding with cold-pattern signs
Watery discharge with pelvic coldness
Long-course warming and securing

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治崩漏不止, 間有如茅屋漏水, 或下白帶, 臍下如氷. 當歸一錢半, 生艾葉一錢二分, 阿膠珠七分, 川芎ㆍ丁香各五分, 熟地黃ㆍ白芍藥各四分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats flooding and spotting that will not stop — at times like water leaking through a thatched roof — or white discharge descending, with the region below the navel cold as ice. Korean angelica 1.5 don; fresh mugwort leaf 1.2 don; pearled ass-hide glue 7 fun; cnidium and clove, 5 fun each; prepared rehmannia and white peony, 4 fun each. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Po)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The indication contains the chapter's most vivid simile — bleeding that comes at intervals like water leaking through a thatched roof — and pairs it with a sign anyone can check: the region below the navel is cold as ice. Mugwort and clove supply the warmth, glue seals the vessel, and the Four Substances rebuild. A formula written from what a hand on the lower abdomen tells you. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.