Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Bomyeong (保命)

Myrrh Powder

Molyak-san

한글 몰약산 · Pinyin Mo Yao San

沒藥散

Powdered; 2 don per dose. **Note on modern practice: gadfly, leech, and musk are not used in contemporary practice — musk is a protected animal product. Severe or worsening postpartum pain requires obstetric evaluation. Recorded as classical text.**

Composition 構成

Molyak Mo Yao
沒藥 몰약 · Myrrh

12 g
Chief 君
Maengchung Meng Chong
䖟蟲 맹충 · Gadfly

8 g
Deputy 臣 dry-fried
Suchil Shui Zhi
水蛭 수질 · Leech

4 g
Deputy 臣 dry-fried
Sahyang She Xiang
麝香 사향 · Musk

1 g
Assistant 佐 one ja (一字)

Total 25 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

Breaks the stasis that pains a woman after birth
Works through four ingredients taken as a powder

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood stasis causing pain after birth (産後血瘀作痛)
Fixed severe afterpains
Postpartum pain with lodged blood

Biomedical correlates

Severe afterpains — historical management
Postpartum pain with retained clot
Fixed pelvic pain after birth

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治産後血瘀作痛. 沒藥三錢, 䖟蟲(炒) 二錢, 水蛭(炒) 一錢, 麝香一字. 右爲末, 每取二錢服之. 《保命》

Translation

Treats blood stasis causing pain after birth. Myrrh 3 don; dry-fried gadfly 2 don; dry-fried leech 1 don; musk, one ja. Powder the above; take 2 don each time. — Bomyeong 保命 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four ingredients and no supplements at all — this is the postpartum shelf at its most direct, for pain the chapter reads as blood simply lodged. The dose of musk is given as *one ja*, a quarter of a don: the traditional smallest measure, used where a substance is precious and a little carries far. Compare Gichim-san, which breaks within a Four Substances frame; this one does not bother. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.