Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)
Five Beans Decoction
Odu-tang
한글 오두탕 · Pinyin Wu Dou Tang
Household bulk brew: simmered with 5 mal 5 doe of water in a great cauldron on the eighth day of the twelfth month until done, strained, sealed in porcelain, and opened in spring and summer to drink at will. Best of all, says the source, for sores arising after thirst illness in adults, and excellent for thirst after wine.
Composition 構成
- Galgeun葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root640 g
Chief 君 cut together - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice640 g
Chief 君 cut together - Gwanjung貫衆 관중 · Dryopteris Root320 g
Deputy 臣 - Heukdu黑豆 흑두 · Black Soybean40 g
Assistant 佐 - Hwangdu黃豆 황두 · Yellow Soybean40 g
Assistant 佐 - Nokdu菉豆 녹두 · Mung Bean40 g
Assistant 佐 - Cheongdu靑豆 청두 · Green Soybean40 g
Assistant 佐 - Jeoksodu赤小豆 적소두 · Adzuki Bean40 g
Assistant 佐
Total 1800 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
- Resolves wine toxin and stops wasting-thirst
- Clears heat through a household-scale bean decoction
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Wine toxin with wasting-thirst (酒毒消渴)
- Thirst and sores arising after wasting-thirst
- Preventive household beverage against wine heat
Biomedical correlates
- Alcohol-related thirst and skin eruptions
- Post-diabetic skin infections (supportive)
- Household preventive beverage therapy
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
解酒毒, 止消渴. 乾葛ㆍ甘草(幷剉) 各一斤, 貫衆 八兩, 黑豆ㆍ黃豆ㆍ菉豆ㆍ靑豆ㆍ赤小豆 各一兩. 右以水五斗五升, 臘八日, 大鍋熬至熟, 濾去滓, 盛磁器封口, 春夏月開, 用隨意飮之. 大人渴後生瘡最妙, 酒後渴尤好. 《丹心》
Translation
Resolves wine toxin and stops wasting-thirst. Kudzu root and licorice (cut together), 1 geun each; dryopteris 8 nyang; black, yellow, mung, green, and red beans, 1 nyang each. Simmer with 5 mal 5 doe of water in a great cauldron on the La-day, the eighth of the twelfth month, until done; strain off the dregs, seal in porcelain, open in the spring and summer months, and drink at will. Finest of all for sores arising after thirst in adults, and especially good for thirst after wine. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Sogal)