Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)
Rehmannia Free the Menses Pill
Jihwangtonggyeong-hwan
한글 지황통경환 · Pinyin Di Huang Tong Jing Wan
Pill formula: powdered and bound with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 70–80 pills with warm wine on an empty stomach. **Note on modern practice: gadfly (䖟蟲) and leech (水蛭) are insect and annelid medicinals not used in contemporary practice, and this preparation is recorded for textual and historical completeness only. A palpable pelvic mass requires gynecological evaluation and imaging.**
Composition 構成
- Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia80 g
Chief 君 - Doin桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel12 g
Deputy 臣 50 kernels - Maengchung䖟蟲 맹충 · Gadfly10 g
Deputy 臣 50 pieces, dry-fried - Suchil水蛭 수질 · Leech10 g
Deputy 臣 50 pieces, fried with glutinous rice, the rice discarded
Total 112 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
- Dissolves a blood concretion the size of a cup below the navel
- Breaks with insect medicinals on a rehmannia base
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Blood concretion like a cup
- below the navel and painful (血瘕如盃 在臍下作痛)
- Palpable mass with pain
- Long-standing stasis that has taken a shape
Biomedical correlates
- Pelvic mass with pain — historical management
- Fibroid-associated presentations
- Historical stasis-breaking therapy
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治血瘕如盃, 在臍下作痛. 熟地黃 二兩, 䖟蟲(炒)ㆍ水蛭(糯米同炒去米)ㆍ桃仁 各五十箇. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 空心, 溫酒下七八十丸. 《正傳》
Translation
Treats a blood concretion like a cup, below the navel and painful. Prepared rehmannia 2 nyang; dry-fried gadfly, leech fried with glutinous rice and the rice discarded, and peach kernel, 50 pieces each. Powder the above and bind with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 70–80 pills with warm wine on an empty stomach. — Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Po)