Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Gyeongak Jeonseo (景岳全書)
Restore the Left Kidney Pill
Jwagwi-hwan
한글 좌귀환 · Pinyin Zuo Gui Wan
左歸丸
Composition 構成
- Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia16 g
Chief 君 - Sanyak山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam8 g
Deputy 臣 - Gugija枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry8 g
Deputy 臣 - Sansuyu山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus8 g
Deputy 臣 - Tosaja菟絲子 토사자 · Cuscuta8 g
Deputy 臣 - Nokgakgyo鹿角膠 녹각교 · Deer Antler Gelatin8 g
Assistant 佐 - Gupangyo龜板膠 구판교 · Turtle Shell Gelatin8 g
Assistant 佐 - Useul牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes6 g
Assistant 佐
Total 70 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
- Powerfully nourishes Kidney Yin and essence
- Fills the marrow with blood-and-flesh agents
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Deep Kidney Yin and essence depletion
- Marrow-level exhaustion with dizziness tinnitus and weak low back
Biomedical correlates
- Deep depletion states
- Bone and marrow support in the depleted (adjunctive)
- Age-related decline of Yin type
Clinical commentary 臨床
Jwagwi-eum's heavy-armor sibling — the two gelatins reach where plant tonics cannot. Reserved for depletion that has reached the marrow. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.