Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Mangye (回春)
Unripe Bitter Orange and Rhubarb Decoction
Jisildaehwang-tang
한글 지실대황탕 · Pinyin Zhi Shi Da Huang Tang
枳實大黃湯
Composition 構成
- Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb8 g
Chief 君 - Hubak厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark4 g
Deputy 臣 - Jisil枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange4 g
Deputy 臣 - Binrang檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed4 g
Assistant 佐 - Mokhyang木香 목향 · Costus Root2 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice4 g
Envoy 使
Total 26 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
- Frees the stool the hot meal has bound
- Conducts the food-heat out the lower gate with movers in escort
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Damage by hot food with the stool not passing (食傷熱物 大便不通)
- Food-heat constipation
- The chapter's final downward answer
Biomedical correlates
- Constipation following rich hot food
- Acute food-heat with obstipation
- Short-course purgative therapy
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治食傷熱物, 大便不通. 大黃 二錢, 厚朴ㆍ枳實ㆍ檳榔ㆍ甘草 各一錢, 木香 五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《回春》
Translation
Treats damage by hot food with the stool not passing. Rhubarb 2 don; magnolia bark, unripe bitter orange, areca, and licorice, 1 don each; aucklandia 0.5 don. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Naesang)
Clinical commentary 臨床
The chapter's closing prescription is its simplest verdict — when the hot meal has sealed the exit, open the exit. Minor Qi-Coordinating bones with areca and aucklandia walking escort: the last formula in the internal-damage cabinet, and the most direct. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.