Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Quince Decoction

Mogwa-tang

한글 모과탕 · Pinyin Mu Gua Tang

木瓜湯

Composition 構成

Mogwa Mu Gua
木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince

16 g
Chief 君
Osuyu Wu Zhu Yu
吳茱萸 오수유 · Evodia

8 g
Deputy 臣
Hoehyang Hui Xiang
茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit

4 g
Assistant 佐

dry-fried
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.6 g
Envoy 使

honey-roasted
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

—
Envoy 使

ten leaves
Yeom Yan
鹽 염 · Salt

—
Envoy 使

a pinch
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one fruit

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 4 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 cramping sinews in sudden turmoil
Used where cramping will not stop after the vomiting and diarrhoea have ceased

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cramping sinews after sudden turmoil
Cold in the middle with sinews drawn tight

Biomedical correlates

Post-gastroenteritis muscle cramps

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治霍亂轉筋. 木瓜四錢, 吳茱萸二錢, 茴香(炒) 一錢, 甘草(灸) 四分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片ㆍ紫蘇十葉ㆍ鹽一撮ㆍ烏梅一箇, 同煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats cramping sinews in sudden turmoil. Quince, 4 don; evodia, 2 don; dry-fried fennel, 1 don; honey-roasted licorice, 4 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, ten perilla leaves, a pinch of salt and one smoked plum, and decoct together. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Gwallan)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Mogyu-san built out into a full decoction: the same quince and evodia, with fennel for the cold in the abdomen, and salt and smoked plum added at the end — the salty and sour pair again. Where Mogyu-san is a drink given in the crisis, this is the formula for cramps that persist once the vomiting and diarrhoea have stopped. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.