Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Come Back to Life Powder

Naeso-san

한글 내소산 · Pinyin Lai Su San

來甦散

Composition 構成

Jeogeun Zhu Gen
苧根 저근 · Ramie Root

12 g
Chief 君

苧根
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

4 g
Chief 君
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

4 g
Chief 君
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

4 g
Assistant 佐
Nami Nuo Mi
糯米 나미 · Glutinous Rice

≈60 g
Envoy 使

糯米, 1 hop
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

12 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使

Total ≈118 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Volume measures (升 seung, 合 hop, 斗 mal) are approximated at 1合≈60g and marked ≈.

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

Restores a woman exhausted by bearing down too long in labour

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Bearing down in labour carried too far
the qi declined and the pulse faint
the spirit clouded and dizzy
the jaw clenched and the face green
with loss of awareness

Biomedical correlates

Maternal exhaustion in the second stage of labour

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治臨産用力太過, 氣衰脉微, 精神昏暈, 口噤面靑, 不省人事. 木香ㆍ神麴ㆍ陳皮ㆍ麥芽ㆍ黃芪ㆍ阿膠ㆍ白芍藥各一錢, 苧根ㆍ甘草各三錢, 糯米一合. 加生薑三片, 煎服, 連用爲妙, 或斡開口灌下. 《入門》

Translation

Treats a labour in which bearing down has been carried too far, the qi declined and the pulse faint, the spirit clouded and dizzy, the jaw clenched and the face green, with loss of awareness. Costus, medicated leaven, tangerine peel, barley sprout, astragalus, ass-hide glue and white peony 1 don each; ramie root and licorice 3 don each; glutinous rice 1 hop. Add 3 slices of ginger, decoct and take; taking it in succession is best, or prise the mouth open and pour it in. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

用力太過 — bearing down carried too far — names a cause the other formulas in this section do not treat. Everything else at 1.22 is for an obstruction; this is for the mother herself giving out. Ramie root and licorice at three don against one for everything else is the proportion that marks it. Ramie root is cooling and stanching and is the chapter's usual medicinal for heat disturbing a pregnancy; here it is given in quantity to a woman who has overheated with effort. **Collapse in the second stage of labour is an obstetric emergency. Pouring liquid into the mouth of an unconscious woman causes aspiration.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.