Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Donguibogam · Sogal
Plum Blossom Decoction
Maehwa-tang
한글 매화탕 · Pinyin Mei Hua Tang
Taken freely, like a beverage: the two ingredients are decocted in water and drunk at will. The name recalls the classical method of roasting glutinous grain until it bursts open like plum blossoms.
Composition 構成
- Nami糯米 나미 · Glutinous Rice20 g
Chief 君 briefly roasted - Sangbaekpi桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark20 g
Chief 君 thick, finely cut
Total 40 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Restrains fluids passing straight through as urine
- Clears the Lung and anchors the fluids with roasted grain
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- The three wastings where water drunk passes at once as urine (飮水隨卽小便)
- Fluids unheld by Lung and Kidney
- Simple sustained remedy for chronic polyuria
Biomedical correlates
- Marked polyuria in diabetes
- Polydipsia-polyuria coupling
- Supportive beverage-form therapy
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治三消渴, 飮水隨卽小便, 如神. 糯米(暫炒曬乾)ㆍ桑根白皮(厚者細剉) 各五錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 任意飮之.
Translation
Treats the three wasting-thirsts where water drunk passes at once as urine — divine in effect. Glutinous rice (briefly roasted and sun-dried) and mulberry root bark (thick pieces, finely cut), 5 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water, and drink at will. (Donguibogam · Sogal)