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Brighten the Eyes Rehmannia Pill
Myeongmok-jihwang-hwan
한글 명목지황환 (눈) · Pinyin Ming Mu Di Huang Wan
Not the Brighten the Eyes Rehmannia Pill registered as myeongmokjihwang-hwan, which follows the Simssi Yohan tradition; this is the Bogam's own, cited to the Hoechun, and the compositions differ. The source's first-edition collation notes 者 for 多, 加 for 栢 and 活 for 治 in this entry.
Composition 構成
- Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia160 g
Chief 君生乾地黃
- Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia160 g
Chief 君4 nyang
- Useul牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes120 g
Deputy 臣3 nyang
- Baekjilryeo白蒺藜 백질려 · Tribulus120 g
Deputy 臣3 nyang
- Jimo知母 지모 · Anemarrhena80 g
Deputy 臣2 nyang
- Hwangbaek黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron80 g
Deputy 臣2 nyang
- Tosaja菟絲子 토사자 · Cuscuta80 g
Deputy 臣2 nyang
- Gugija枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry80 g
Deputy 臣2 nyang
- Dokhwal獨活 독활 · Aralia80 g
Assistant 佐2 nyang
Total 960 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
- Engenders essence and supplements blood
- supplements the kidney and boosts the liver
- pushes back a screen and membrane veiling the pupil
- removes shrinking from light and roughness with much tearing
- and a sudden red hot eye
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Liver and kidney yin vacuity with a screen
- Photophobia with tearing
Biomedical correlates
- Corneal opacity
- Dry eye with photophobia
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
生精補血, 補腎益肝, 退瞖膜遮睛, 除羞澁多淚, 幷暴赤熱眼. 生乾地黃(酒洗)ㆍ熟地黃 各四兩, 牛膝(酒洗)ㆍ白蒺藜(炒) 各三兩, 知母 鹽水炒ㆍ黃栢 酒炒ㆍ菟絲子(酒製)ㆍ獨活ㆍ枸杞子 各二兩. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 空心鹽湯下百丸. 《回春》
Translation
Engenders essence and supplements blood, supplements the kidney and boosts the liver, pushes back a screen and membrane veiling the pupil, removes shrinking from light and roughness with much tearing, and a sudden red hot eye. Dried raw rehmannia (wine-washed) and prepared rehmannia 4 nyang each; achyranthes (wine-washed) and tribulus (stir-fried) 3 nyang each; anemarrhena salt-water fried, phellodendron wine-fried, cuscuta (wine-processed), angelica pubescens and lycium fruit 2 nyang each. Powder them, make honey pills the size of parasol-tree seeds, and take a hundred on an empty stomach with salt decoction. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · An)