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Turnip Seed Pill

Mancheongja-hwan

한글 만청자환 · Pinyin Man Jing Zi Wan

蔓菁子丸

Composition 構成

Mancheongja Man Jing Zi
蔓菁子 만청자 · Turnip Seed

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

40 g
Deputy 臣

1 nyang
Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

40 g
Deputy 臣

1 nyang
Jibucho Di Fu Cao
地膚草 지부초 · Kochia Herb

40 g
Deputy 臣

地膚子
Cheongsangja Qing Xiang Zi
靑箱子 청상자 · Celosia Seed

40 g
Deputy 臣

1 nyang
Gyeolmyeongja Jue Ming Zi
決明子 결명자 · Cassia Seed

40 g
Deputy 臣

1 nyang
Jeosilja Chu Shi Zi
楮實子 저실자 · Paper Mulberry Fruit

40 g
Deputy 臣

1 nyang
Chungwi Chong Wei
茺蔚 충위 · Motherwort Fruit

40 g
Deputy 臣

茺蔚子
Tosaja Tu Si Zi
菟絲子 토사자 · Cuscuta

40 g
Deputy 臣

1 nyang

Total 360 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 dim eyes

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Dim vision from vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Age-related visual decline

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治眼昏. 蔓菁子ㆍ五味子ㆍ枸杞子ㆍ地膚子ㆍ靑箱子ㆍ決明子ㆍ楮實子ㆍ茺蔚子ㆍ菟絲子各一兩. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 空心酒下五七十丸. 《集成》

Translation

Treats dim eyes. Turnip seed, schisandra, lycium fruit, broomcorn seed, celosia seed, cassia seed, paper-mulberry fruit, leonurus seed and cuscuta 1 nyang each. Powder them, make honey pills the size of parasol-tree seeds, and take fifty to seventy on an empty stomach with wine. — Jipseongbang 集成 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Nine seeds and nothing else — the seed principle carried to its limit, with not one root, flower or mineral in it. Turnip seed heading the list is the chapter's only use of it, and the Jipseongbang evidently chose it because it is the cheapest seed on the list. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.