Drain the White and Quiet the Stomach Drink

Sabaek-anwi-eum

한글 사백안위음 · Pinyin Xie Bai An Wei Yin

瀉白安胃飮

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君

stir-fried
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

3 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2 g
Chief 君

honey stir-fried
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣

wine stir-fried
Yeonjayuk Lian Zi
蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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

2 g
Deputy 臣

wine washed
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

blast-fried
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

roasted

Total 28.6 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

Treats white dysentery

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen qi vacuity with a white mucous stool
Vacuity dysentery

Biomedical correlates

Chronic mucous dysentery
Post-infectious colitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治白痢. 蒼朮(炒)ㆍ白芍藥(酒炒)ㆍ蓮肉各一錢, 白朮七分半, 人參ㆍ陳皮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ黃芪(蜜炒)ㆍ當歸(酒洗) 各五分, 木香ㆍ乾薑(炮)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 空心, 水煎服. 《集略》

Translation

Treats white dysentery. Stir-fried atractylodes, wine-stir-fried white peony and lotus seed, 1 don each; white atractylodes, 7 fun 5 ri; ginseng, tangerine peel, white poria, honey-stir-fried astragalus and wine-washed tangkuei, 5 fun each; costus root, blast-fried dried ginger and roasted licorice, 3 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct in water on an empty stomach. — Jipryak 集略 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The gentlest of the white-dysentery formulas and the only one with no binder in it at all: this is a qi tonic with a little warmth, for the patient whose mucous stool is the residue of a dysentery rather than an active one. The name's drain the white is misleading — nothing here drains — and the Jipryak's intent is plainly to rebuild rather than to clear. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.