Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Basil Drink
Nanhyang-eumja
한글 난향음자 · Pinyin Lan Xiang Yin Zi
Taken as a powder, not a decoction: the ingredients are ground, bound with steamed-cake paste into cakes, sun-dried, and re-powdered; 2 don per dose with a mild ginger decoction.
Composition 構成
- Seokgo石膏 석고 · Gypsum12 g
Chief 君 - Jimo知母 지모 · Anemarrhena6 g
Deputy 臣 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice4 g
Deputy 臣 raw - Bangpung防風 방풍 · Siler4 g
Assistant 佐 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng2 g
Assistant 佐 - Nanhyangyeop蘭香葉 난향엽 · Basil Leaf2 g
Assistant 佐 - Yeongyo連翹 연교 · Forsythia2 g
Assistant 佐 - Baekdugu白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom2 g
Assistant 佐 - Seungma升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga2 g
Assistant 佐 - Banha半夏 반하 · Pinellia0.8 g
Assistant 佐 - Gilgyeong桔梗 길경 · Platycodon2 g
Envoy 使 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice2 g
Envoy 使 roasted
Total 40.8 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
- Drains Stomach fire and clears the middle burner
- Boosts Qi and outthrusts heat to relieve center wasting
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Center wasting (消中) — eats well yet grows thin
- Hard stool with frequent urination (二便結數)
- Stomach heat with rapid hungering in a weakening patient
Biomedical correlates
- Polyphagia-dominant presentations in diabetes
- Weight loss despite increased appetite
- Constipation with frequent urination in hyperglycemic states
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治消渴, 善食而瘦, 二便結數. 石膏 三錢, 知母 一錢半, (生)甘草ㆍ防風 各一錢, (灸)甘草ㆍ人參ㆍ蘭香葉ㆍ連翹ㆍ白豆蔲ㆍ桔梗ㆍ升麻 各五分, 半夏 二分. 右爲末, 蒸餠糊調成餠, 曬乾爲末, 每二錢, 淡薑湯調下. 《入門》
Translation
Treats wasting-thirst with good appetite yet thinning, and bound stool with frequent urination. Gypsum 3 don; anemarrhena 1.5 don; raw licorice and saposhnikovia, 1 don each; roasted licorice, ginseng, basil leaf, forsythia, round cardamom, platycodon, and cimicifuga, 0.5 don each; pinellia 0.2 don. Grind the above to a powder, mix with steamed-cake paste and form into cakes, sun-dry and powder again; take 2 don per dose, mixed down with a mild ginger decoction. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Sogal)