Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)
Five Kernels Pill
Oin-hwan
한글 오인환 · Pinyin Wu Ren Wan
The Bogam notes the alternative name 滋腸五仁丸. Each kernel is ground separately before compounding, since their oils differ.
Composition 構成
- Doin桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel40 g
Chief 君 - Haengin杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel40 g
Chief 君 - Baekjain柏子仁 백자인 · Arborvitae Seed20 g
Deputy 臣 - Ukriin郁李仁 욱리인 · Bush Cherry Pit8 g
Deputy 臣stir-fried
- Songjain松子仁 송자인 · Pine Nut5 g
Deputy 臣 - Gyulhong橘紅 귤홍 · Red Tangerine Peel160 g
Envoy 使powdered separately
- Bongmil蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey—
Envoy 使as paste for the pills
Total 273 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.
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
- Treats the fluids withered and exhausted with the stool bound
- Suited above all to a woman constipated after childbirth
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Fluid depletion with dry stool
- Postpartum constipation
Biomedical correlates
- Postpartum constipation
- Constipation in the elderly
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
一名滋腸五仁丸. 治津液枯竭, 大便秘結. 婦人産後便秘尤宜. 橘紅 四兩(另爲末), 桃仁ㆍ杏仁 各一兩, 栢子仁 五錢, 郁李仁(炒) 二錢, 松子仁 一錢二分半. 右各另硏爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 空心, 米飮下五七十丸. 《得效》
Translation
Also called Jajang-oin-hwan. Treats the fluids withered and exhausted with the stool bound; suited above all to a woman constipated after childbirth. Red tangerine peel, 4 nyang, powdered separately; peach kernel and apricot kernel, 1 nyang each; arborvitae seed, 5 don; stir-fried bush-cherry kernel, 2 don; pine nut, 1 don 2 fun 5 ri. Grind each separately to a powder, make honey pills the size of a paulownia seed, and take fifty to seventy on an empty stomach in rice water. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)