Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Danggye Simbeop (丹溪心法)
Left Metal Pill
Jwageum-hwan
한글 좌금환 · Pinyin Zuo Jin Wan
左金丸
Composition 構成
- Hwangryeon黃連 황련 · Coptis12 g
Chief 君 - Osuyu吳茱萸 오수유 · Evodia2 g
Deputy 臣
Total 14 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
- Drains Liver fire invading the Stomach
- Directs rebellion downward and stops acid
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Liver fire attacking the Stomach
- Acid regurgitation with hypochondriac burning and bitter taste
- Vomiting with irritability and a wiry rapid pulse
Biomedical correlates
- Acid reflux and heartburn with stress
- GERD of Liver-heat pattern
- Bitter-mouthed irritable dyspepsia
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
佐肺金, 以伐肝木之火. 片芩 六兩, 吳茱萸 一兩. 右末, 蒸餠丸, 服如上法. 《入門》
Translation
Assists the Lung Metal so as to fell the fire of Liver Wood. Lamellar scutellaria 6 nyang; evodia 1 nyang. Powder, bind with steamed cake into pills, and take as with the preceding formula. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Hwa)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Six parts cold to one part hot — the famous ratio in which a sliver of Osuyu opens the door so Hwangryeon's bitterness can descend without the Liver fighting back. Two herbs, one of the tradition's great lessons in pairing. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.