Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

True Man's Nourish the Viscera Decoction

Jinin-yangjang-tang

한글 진인양장탕 · Pinyin Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang

眞人養臟湯

Composition 構成

Aengsokgak Ying Su Ke
罌粟殼 앵속각 · Opium Poppy Capsule (controlled)

4 g
Chief 君

· narcotic
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

1.2 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

1.2 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

2.4 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

1.2 g
Deputy 臣
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

1.2 g
Deputy 臣
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3.6 g
Envoy 使

Total 22 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 red and white dysentery and the several dysenteries

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen and kidney vacuity with chronic dysentery
Unchecked stool with dragging-down

Biomedical correlates

Chronic dysentery
Ulcerative colitis in remission
Faecal incontinence

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治赤白痢及諸痢. 鸎粟殼一錢, 甘草九分, 白芍藥八分, 木香七分, 訶子六分, 肉桂ㆍ人參ㆍ當歸ㆍ白朮ㆍ肉豆蔲各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 空心, 水煎溫服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats red and white dysentery and the several dysenteries. Poppy husk, 1 don; licorice, 9 fun; white peony, 8 fun; costus root, 7 fun; chebula, 6 fun; cassia bark, ginseng, tangkuei, white atractylodes and nutmeg, 3 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take warm on an empty stomach. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The best-known formula in this part of the chapter and still in use. Its logic is to hold at three levels at once: poppy husk slows the gut, chebula and nutmeg bind the stool, and ginseng, atractylodes, tangkuei and cassia rebuild what a long dysentery has drained — with costus root and peony to keep the holding from becoming a blockage. The Immun's indication is deliberately broad, the several dysenteries, because this is the formula for the stage rather than the cause: anything chronic, draining and no longer acute. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.