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Rehmannia Wine

Jihwang-ju

한글 지황주 · Pinyin Di Huang Jiu

地黃酒

Composition 構成

Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

1920 g
Chief 君

生地黃三斤, finely cut
Nami Nuo Mi
糯米 나미 · Glutinous Rice

6000 g
Deputy 臣

糯米一斗, 1 mal, washed a hundred times, approx: true
Guk Qu
麴 국 · Brewing Leaven (wine starter)

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Envoy 使

白麴, white yeast

Total 7920 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Lightens the body and keeps off age
Engenders blood and moistens the fluids

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taken over a long time for longevity
Blood vacuity with dryness

Biomedical correlates

Traditional longevity wine
Recorded as a historical preparation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

地黃酒方, 糯米一斗(百度洗)ㆍ生地黃三斤(細切), 同蒸, 拌白麴釀之, 候熟取淸飮. 《入門》

Translation

The rehmannia wine: 1 mal of glutinous rice washed a hundred times and 3 geun of raw rehmannia finely cut, steamed together, mixed with white yeast and brewed; when ripe, take the clear part and drink. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Sinhyeong)

Clinical commentary 臨床

百度洗, washed a hundred times — the instruction is for the rice, not the drug, and it is the brewer's rule rather than the physician's: rice washed until the water runs clear ferments cleanly. The rehmannia simple beside this one warns 勿犯鐵器, do not let iron touch it, and that prohibition has a chemical basis — the iridoid glycosides and polyphenols in the root darken and degrade on contact with iron. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.