Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Regulate the Centre and Fortify the Spleen Pill

Jojung-geonbi-hwan

한글 조중건비환 · Pinyin Tiao Zhong Jian Pi Wan

調中健脾丸

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

40 g
Chief 君
Bogolji Bu Gu Zhi
補骨脂 보골지 · Psoralea

40 g
Chief 君

stir-fried
Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

40 g
Deputy 臣

blast-fried
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

40 g
Deputy 臣

roasted in dough
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

32 g
Deputy 臣
Sanyak Shan Yao
山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam

20 g
Deputy 臣
Yeonjayuk Lian Zi
蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed

20 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

32 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

28 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried in a decoction of evodia
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

24 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

20 g
Assistant 佐
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

20 g
Assistant 佐
Hoehyang Hui Xiang
茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit

20 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

20 g
Assistant 佐

Total 396 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats spleen and kidney qi vacuity with a loose stool morning and night

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen and kidney vacuity with chronic loose stool
Dawn diarrhoea with poor digestion

Biomedical correlates

Chronic diarrhoea
Irritable bowel syndrome

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脾腎氣虛, 早晩溏泄. 白朮ㆍ破故紙(炒)ㆍ訶子(炮)ㆍ肉豆蔲(煨) 各一兩, 赤茯苓ㆍ陳皮各八錢, 黃連(以吳茱萸煎水炒過) 七錢, 神麴六錢, 木香ㆍ厚朴ㆍ茴香(炒)ㆍ縮砂ㆍ山藥ㆍ蓮子各五錢. 右爲末, 粥丸梧子大, 空心, 以蓮子煎湯下七十丸. 《入門》

Translation

Treats spleen and kidney qi vacuity with a loose stool morning and night. White atractylodes, stir-fried psoralea, blast-fried chebula and nutmeg roasted in dough, 1 nyang each; red poria and tangerine peel, 8 don each; coptis stir-fried in a decoction of evodia, 7 don; medicated leaven, 6 don; costus root, magnolia bark, stir-fried fennel, amomum, dioscorea and lotus seed, 5 don each. Powder, make pills with gruel the size of a paulownia seed, and take seventy on an empty stomach in a decoction of lotus seed. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The chapter's most complete chronic-diarrhoea pill: the spleen drugs, the kidney warmers psoralea and fennel, the binders chebula and nutmeg, the digestives, and one cold drug — coptis, stir-fried in evodia water so that it clears without chilling. That last touch is worth noting as technique: the chapter uses this preparation repeatedly to keep a berberine drug in a warm formula, and it is the standard answer to the mixed pattern this formula is for. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.