Formulas · Supplement 補益 · Samin Geukil Byeongwonnon (三因極一病源論)

Schisandra Decoction (Samin)

Omija-tang

한글 오미자탕 · Pinyin Wu Wei Zi Tang

五味子湯

A Samin formula of this name, distinct from the Hwarinseo formula of the Cold Damage chapter registered at omija-tang.

Composition 構成

Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

4 g
Chief 君

1 jeon
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

4 g
Chief 君

1 jeon, blast-fried
Pageuk Ba Ji Tian
巴戟 파극 · Morinda Root

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon
Nogyong Lu Rong
鹿茸 녹용 · Deer Velvet Antler

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon
Sansuyu Shan Zhu Yu
山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 jeon
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 jeon
Duchung Du Zhong
杜仲 두충 · Eucommia Bark

4 g
Assistant 佐

1 jeon, stir-fried
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

7 slices
Yeom Yan
鹽 염 · Salt

—
Envoy 使

a little salt

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients 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

For the sin years, when the water circuit is insufficient and damp travels abroad
Warms and supplements the kidney in swelling, heaviness and wilting feet

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp overrunning an insufficient kidney — swelling with watery diarrhoea
Wilting feet with cold limbs and pain beneath the legs

Biomedical correlates

Oedema with weakness of the legs in a depleted patient — historical treatment

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

五味子ㆍ附子(炮)ㆍ巴戟ㆍ鹿茸ㆍ山茱萸ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ杜仲(炒) 各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑七片ㆍ鹽少許, 水煎服. 《三因》

Translation

Schisandra, aconite accessory root (blast-fried), morinda, deer antler velvet, cornus, prepared rehmannia and eucommia (stir-fried), 1 jeon each. Cut up, make one packet, add seven slices of ginger and a little salt, decoct in water and take. — Samin 三因 (Donguibogam · Cheonjiungi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The formula for the sin years, where the water circuit is insufficient. Compare it with the gap-year formula at buja-sansuyu-tang, which answers almost the same symptom list from the other side of the same relation: that one is aromatic and moving, this one frankly kidney-filling — morinda, deer antler, cornus, prepared rehmannia and eucommia, with salt as the vehicle to carry them to the kidney. **Aconite accessory root is acutely cardiotoxic and this must not be prepared.** Deer antler velvet is a CITES-regulated animal product. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.