Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Honey and Lard Decocted Paste

Miljijeon

한글 밀지전 · Pinyin Mi Zhi Jian

蜜脂煎

Composition 構成

Jeoji Zhu Zhi
猪脂 저지 · Lard

1280 g
Chief 君

rendered and the residue removed
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

640 g
Chief 君

1 geun of white honey, refined into it

Total 1920 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats sudden loss of voice and hoarseness
and moistens the lung when taken regularly

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Sudden loss of voice
hoarseness; dryness of the lung

Biomedical correlates

Dry laryngitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治暴失音聲嘶, 常服潤肺. 猪脂二斤, 熬去渣, 入白蜜一斤, 再煉少頃, 濾淨, 入磁器內, 俟成膏. 不拘時, 挑服一匙. 《入門》

Translation

Treats sudden loss of voice and hoarseness; taken regularly it moistens the lung. Lard 2 geun, rendered and the residue removed; add 1 geun of white honey and refine a little longer, strain clean, put into a porcelain vessel and let it set to a paste. Take a spoonful at any hour. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Seongeum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two ingredients, both food. The chapter's plainest remedy and the one most likely to have worked: fat and honey coating a dry throat, taken by the spoonful whenever needed. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.