Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Ophiopogon Drink

Maekmundong-eumja

한글 맥문동음자 · Pinyin Mai Men Dong Yin Zi

麥門冬飮子

Composition 構成

Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

8 g
Chief 君
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheonhwabun Tian Hua Fen
天花粉 천화분 · Trichosanthes Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

4 g
Assistant 佐
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

4 g
Assistant 佐
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使
Jukyeop Zhu Ye
竹葉 죽엽 · Bamboo Leaf

2 g
Envoy 使 10 leaves (入竹葉十片)

Total 42 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Clears heat from the Heart and Lung and engenders fluids
Boosts Qi and nourishes Yin to relieve diaphragm wasting

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Diaphragm wasting (膈消) — upper wasting of sogal 消渴
Great thirst with copious drinking and a red dry tongue
Thirst with palpitations or unquiet spirit (poria-with-hostwood pattern)

Biomedical correlates

Polydipsia-dominant presentations in diabetes and prediabetes
Thirst with anxiety or restlessness
Dry mouth persisting after febrile illness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治膈消. 麥門冬二錢, 知母ㆍ天花粉ㆍ人參ㆍ五味子ㆍ葛根ㆍ茯神ㆍ生地黃ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入竹葉十片, 水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats diaphragm wasting. Ophiopogon 2 don; anemarrhena, trichosanthes root, ginseng, schisandra, kudzu root, hostwood poria, raw rehmannia, and licorice, 1 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 10 bamboo leaves, decoct in water and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Sogal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Where Insamseokgo-tang meets the blaze head-on, this one moistens its way through — ophiopogon doubled, fluids rebuilt on every line, and hostwood poria for the thirst that keeps the heart awake at night. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.