Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Hwaje Gukbang (和劑局方)

Eight-Ingredient Black Spirit Powder

Palmiheuksin-san

한글 팔미흑신산 · Pinyin Ba Wei Hei Shen San

八味黑神散

Powdered; 2 don stirred into warm wine with child's urine. Note on modern practice: postpartum dizziness or fainting with heavy bleeding is an emergency requiring immediate care. Child's urine (童便) is recorded as text; contemporary practice uses wine alone.

Composition 構成

Pohwang Pu Huang
蒲黃 포황 · Cattail Pollen

40 g
Chief 君
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

40 g
Deputy 臣
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

40 g
Deputy 臣
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

40 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

40 g
Deputy 臣
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

40 g
Deputy 臣
Heukdu Hei Dou
黑豆 흑두 · Black Soybean

160 g
Assistant 佐 dry-fried
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

40 g
Envoy 使

Total 440 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

Brings down lochia that has not finished and eases the gripping pain it causes
Steadies the blood dizziness and fainting that follow

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lochia not finished after birth (産後惡露不盡)
Gripping pain of chest
heart region
navel
and abdomen (心胸臍腹撮痛)
Blood confusion and blood dizziness (血迷血暈)

Biomedical correlates

Retained lochia with cramping
Postpartum dizziness and faintness
Postpartum pain with incomplete discharge

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治産後惡露不盡, 心胸臍腹撮痛, 及血迷血暈. 蒲黃ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ乾薑ㆍ肉桂ㆍ當歸ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ甘草各一兩, 黑豆四兩(炒). 右爲末, 每二錢, 童便溫酒調下. 《局方》

Translation

Treats lochia not finished after birth, gripping pain of chest, heart region, navel, and abdomen, and blood confusion with blood dizziness. Cattail pollen, red peony, dried ginger, cinnamon bark, Korean angelica, prepared rehmannia, and licorice, 1 nyang each; dry-fried black soybean 4 nyang. Powder the above; take 2 don stirred into warm wine with child's urine. — Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four ounces of dry-fried black soybean carrying seven herbs at one ounce each — the bean is the largest ingredient and the least conspicuous, which is characteristic of the postpartum formulas, where the vehicle matters as much as the drivers. The indication covers the whole difficult hour after birth: lochia not coming away, gripping pain, and the dizziness that heavy loss brings on. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.