Formulas · Supplement 補益 · Samin Geukil Byeongwonnon (三因極一病源論)

Cistanche and Achyranthes Decoction

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한글 종용우슬탕 · Pinyin Cong Rong Niu Xi Tang

蓯蓉牛膝湯

Composition 構成

Yukjongyong Rou Cong Rong
肉蓯蓉 육종용 · Cistanche

4 g
Chief 君

1 jeon
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

4 g
Chief 君

1 jeon
Mogwa Mu Gua
木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 jeon
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

1 jeon
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

3 slices
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one smoked plum

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients 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

For the jeong years, when the wood circuit is insufficient and dryness travels abroad
Supplements and moistens the liver in cold in the centre with sloppy diarrhoea

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Dryness overrunning an insufficient liver — flank and lower abdominal pain
Cold in the centre with rumbling and sloppy stool

Biomedical correlates

Chronic abdominal pain with loose stool in a depleted patient — historical treatment

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

肉蓯蓉ㆍ牛膝ㆍ木瓜ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ當歸ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片ㆍ烏梅一箇, 水煎服. 《三因》

Translation

Cistanche, achyranthes, quince, white peony, prepared rehmannia, angelica and licorice, 1 jeon each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and one smoked plum, decoct in water and take. — Samin 三因 (Donguibogam · Cheonjiungi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The formula for the jeong years, where the wood circuit is insufficient. The only one of the ten with nothing draining or dispersing in it at all: cistanche, prepared rehmannia, angelica and peony fill the liver blood, quince and achyranthes soften and lead downward, and the smoked plum sours to hold. It is the chronogram scheme's logic followed to its conclusion — an insufficient phase is filled. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.