Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Donguibogam · Sogal (元戎)
Winter-Tuber Drink
Mundong-eumja
한글 문동음자 · Pinyin Men Dong Yin Zi
Same family, different formula (同名近似方): distinct from Maekmundong-eumja 麥門冬飮子, the nine-herb diaphragm-wasting formula of the upper-wasting section.
Composition 構成
- Maekmundong麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope8 g
Chief 君 - Omija五味子 오미자 · Schisandra4 g
Deputy 臣 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng4 g
Deputy 臣 - Jigolpi地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark4 g
Assistant 佐 - Baekbokryeong白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)4 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice4 g
Envoy 使 - Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger4 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Total 32 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
- Boosts Qi and engenders fluids gently
- Clears deficient heat in the aged and weak
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Wasting-thirst in the elderly or the vacuous (老人虛人消渴)
- Thirst in patients too weak for cold clearing
- Steaming heat with thirst in depleted constitutions
Biomedical correlates
- Thirst and dry mouth in frail elderly patients
- Diabetes in deconditioned or convalescent patients
- Chronic low-grade thirst with fatigue
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治老人虛人消渴. 麥門冬 二錢, 五味子ㆍ人參ㆍ地骨皮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ甘草 各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 煎服. 《元戎》
Translation
Treats wasting-thirst in the elderly and the vacuous. Ophiopogon 2 don; schisandra, ginseng, lycium root bark, white poria, and licorice, 1 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — Wonyung 元戎 (Donguibogam · Sogal)