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

Assist the Origin Powder

Jowon-san

한글 조원산 · Pinyin Zhu Yuan San

助元散

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

120 g
Chief 君
Yeonjayuk Lian Zi
蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed

60 g
Deputy 臣

蓮肉
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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

40 g
Deputy 臣
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

20 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Satang Sha Tang
砂糖 사당 · Granulated Sugar

120 g
Envoy 使

stirred in after powdering

Total 400 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

Greatly supplements the spleen and stomach and enables a person to eat

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen and stomach depleted with poor appetite
especially in the elderly

Biomedical correlates

Poor appetite in the elderly
Age-related malnutrition

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

大補脾胃, 令人能食. 老人尤宜常服. 白朮三兩, 白茯苓ㆍ陳皮各一兩, 蓮肉一兩半, 麥芽(炒) 五錢. 右爲末, 入砂糖屑三兩, 磁器收貯, 常安火邊. 不拘時, 白滾湯調下三錢. 《入門》

Translation

Greatly supplements the spleen and stomach and enables a person to eat. The elderly should especially take it regularly. White atractylodes 3 nyang; white poria and tangerine peel 1 nyang each; lotus seed 1.5 nyang; barley sprout (stir-fried) 5 don. Powder them, stir in 3 nyang of sugar, store in a porcelain vessel and keep it always beside the fire. At any time take 3 don stirred into boiling water. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

常安火邊 — keep it always beside the fire — is a storage instruction with a reason: a sugared powder draws damp and cakes, and keeping it warm keeps it dry and loose. 老人尤宜常服, the elderly should especially take it regularly, names the intended patient. Six mild ingredients with sugar, taken at any time in hot water — a daily supplement rather than a treatment. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.