Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Hwaje Gukbang (和劑局方)
Costus and Areca Pill (Distension)
Mokhyangbinrang-hwan
한글 목향빈랑환(창만) · Pinyin Mu Xiang Bing Lang Wan
A formula of the same name from the Qi chapter is cited elsewhere in this database; the two are distinct prescriptions and are separated by chapter suffix. Gleditsia pod is used twice here — once in the powder and again as the binding paste.
Composition 構成
- Banhaguk半夏麴 반하국 · Fermented Pinellia80 g
Chief 君 - Jogak皂角 조각 · Gleditsia Pod80 g
Chief 君strings and seeds removed (酥灸去皮弦子)
- Ukriin郁李仁 욱리인 · Bush Cherry Pit80 g
Deputy 臣 - Mokhyang木香 목향 · Costus Root40 g
Deputy 臣 - Binrang檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed40 g
Deputy 臣 - Jigak枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange40 g
Assistant 佐 - Haengin杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel40 g
Assistant 佐bran-fried (麩炒)
- Cheongpi靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel40 g
Assistant 佐
Total 440 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
- Courses and conducts the three burners
- Frees both stool and urine
- Brings down congealed damp phlegm
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Distension and fullness from damp phlegm congealed and stagnant in the three burners
Biomedical correlates
- Abdominal distension with constipation and phlegm
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
疏導三焦, 通利大小便, 下濕痰凝滯, 則脹滿自消, 最爲神效. 半夏麴ㆍ皂角(酥灸去皮弦子)ㆍ郁李仁 各二兩, 木香ㆍ檳榔ㆍ枳殼ㆍ杏仁(麩炒)ㆍ靑皮 各一兩. 右爲末, 別以皂角 四兩, 浸漿水搓揉, 熬膏去滓, 入煉蜜少許, 和丸梧子大. 薑湯下五七十丸. 《局方》
Translation
Courses and conducts the three burners, frees stool and urine, and brings down congealed and stagnant damp phlegm; the distension and fullness then disperse of themselves, and the effect is most marvellous. Fermented pinellia, gleditsia pod (butter-fried, skin, strings and seeds removed) and bush cherry kernel 2 nyang each; costus, areca, bitter orange, apricot kernel (bran-fried) and green tangerine peel 1 nyang each. Powder them; separately take 4 nyang of gleditsia pod, steep it in fermented millet water and rub it out, reduce to a paste and strain, add a little refined honey, and make pills the size of a firmiana seed. Take fifty to seventy down with ginger decoction. — Hwaje Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Changman)