Divide and Disperse Central Fullness Pill

Jungmanbunso-hwan

한글 중만분소환 · Pinyin Zhong Man Fen Xiao Wan

中滿分消丸

Composition 構成

Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

40 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

20 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

20 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

20 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

20 g
Deputy 臣
Ganghwang Jiang Huang
薑黃 강황 · Turmeric

20 g
Assistant 佐
Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

20 g
Assistant 佐
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

20 g
Assistant 佐
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

16 g
Assistant 佐
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

12 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

12 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

8 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

8 g
Assistant 佐

縮砂
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

8 g
Assistant 佐

dried fresh ginger (乾生薑)
Jeoryeong Zhu Ling
猪苓 저령 · Polyporus

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 252 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

Divides and disperses central fullness and drum distension
Clears heat and drains damp while fortifying the spleen

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Central fullness with drum distension
qi distension and water distension — heat distension only
not cold distension

Biomedical correlates

Ascites with heat signs
Abdominal distension with dyspepsia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治中滿鼓脹, 及氣脹水脹, 然只治熱脹, 不治寒脹. 厚朴一兩, 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ薑黃ㆍ黃芩ㆍ黃連ㆍ枳實ㆍ半夏各五錢, 知母四錢, 澤瀉ㆍ陳皮各三錢, 白茯苓ㆍ縮砂ㆍ乾生薑各二錢, 猪苓ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右爲末, 水浸蒸餠和丸梧子大. 熱湯下百丸. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats central fullness with drum distension, and qi distension and water distension; but it treats heat distension only, and does not treat cold distension. Magnolia bark 1 nyang; ginseng, white atractylodes, turmeric, scutellaria, coptis, bitter orange fruit and pinellia 5 don each; anemarrhena 4 don; alisma and tangerine peel 3 don each; white poria, amomum and dried fresh ginger 2 don each; polyporus and licorice 1 don each. Powder them, make pills with steamed cake soaked in water, the size of a firmiana seed, and take a hundred down with hot water. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Changman)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Dongwon's best-known distension formula, and the source line is unusually explicit about its limits: heat distension only, not cold. Placing that qualification in the indication rather than leaving it to be inferred is rare in this chapter. The composition holds three things together — magnolia bark and bitter orange fruit to disperse, coptis and scutellaria and anemarrhena to clear, ginseng and white atractylodes to support — with the Oryeong-san group underneath to drain. It is the most balanced prescription in the section and the one that reaches the widest range of distension. Compare Jungmanbunso-tang at 3.5.5.1, which shares the name and treats the opposite pattern. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.