Formulas · Transform Dampness 化濕 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Ten Thousand Diseases Without Worry Powder

Manbyeong-muu-san

한글 만병무우산 · Pinyin Wan Bing Wu You San

萬病無憂散

不伏水土 — not tolerating the water and soil — is the classical term for the illness of a traveller in an unfamiliar place. The prohibition on rice water as a vehicle is unexplained in the source.

Composition 構成

Hyangyu Xiang Ru
香薷 향유 · Elsholtzia

80 g
Chief 君
Baekpyeondu Bai Bian Dou
白扁豆 백편두 · Hyacinth Bean

80 g
Deputy 臣
Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

48 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

48 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

32 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

32 g
Deputy 臣
Jeoryeong Zhu Ling
猪苓 저령 · Polyporus

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

22.4 g
Deputy 臣
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

48 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangnyeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

48 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

32 g
Assistant 佐
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

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

32 g
Assistant 佐
Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

32 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

32 g
Assistant 佐
Hoehyang Hui Xiang
茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit

22.4 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

10 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

10 g
Envoy 使

Total 672.8 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

Treats specifically sudden turmoil with vomiting and diarrhoea in the summer months
what seems malaria but is not and what seems dysentery but is not
and not tolerating the water and soil
Taken regularly it can prevent malaria and dysentery

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Summerheat damp with vomiting and diarrhoea
Damp heat not tolerating a change of place

Biomedical correlates

Travellers' diarrhoea
Summer gastroenteritis
Prophylaxis in hot climates

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

專治夏月霍亂吐瀉ㆍ似瘧非瘧ㆍ似痢非痢ㆍ不伏水土等證. 常服可防瘧痢. 香薷ㆍ白扁豆各二兩, 草果ㆍ黃連ㆍ滑石ㆍ澤瀉各一兩二錢, 枳殼ㆍ木通ㆍ厚朴ㆍ陳皮ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ車前子ㆍ猪苓ㆍ縮砂各八錢, 白朮ㆍ茴香各五錢六分, 木香ㆍ甘草各二錢半. 右細末, 每二錢, 滾湯調服; 或茶淸調下. 忌米飮. 《入門》

Translation

Treats specifically sudden turmoil with vomiting and diarrhoea in the summer months, what seems malaria but is not, what seems dysentery but is not, and not tolerating the water and soil. Taken regularly it can prevent malaria and dysentery. Elsholtzia and hyacinth bean, 2 nyang each; tsaoko, coptis, talc and alisma, 1 nyang 2 don each; bitter orange, akebia, magnolia bark, tangerine peel, red poria, plantain seed, polyporus and amomum, 8 don each; atractylodes and fennel, 5 don 6 fun each; costus and licorice, 2 don 5 fun each. Make a fine powder; 2 don each time, taken stirred into boiling water or in clear tea. Avoid rice water. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Seo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The traveller's powder, and the indication says so in four characters: not tolerating the water and soil. Seems malaria but is not, seems dysentery but is not — which is to say an undiagnosed fever with diarrhoea in a stranger to the place, and the Immun offers the formula both as treatment and as prophylaxis to be taken regularly. Its composition is nearly that of Cheongseo-hwajung-san with the proportions redistributed, elsholtzia and hyacinth bean doubled and the draining drugs lightened. A powder that keeps, dissolves in boiling water or tea and can be carried is exactly the right form for the purpose, and the whole entry is a reminder that these chapters were used by people on the road. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.