Formulas · Tonify Blood 補血 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)

Generate Blood and Moisten the Skin Drink

Saenghyeol-yunbu-eum

한글 생혈윤부음 · Pinyin Sheng Xue Run Fu Yin

生血潤膚飮

Composition 構成

Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

6 g
Chief 君
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

4 g
Chief 君
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Chief 君
Maengmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Deputy 臣
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2 g
Assistant 佐

wine treated
Gwaruin Gua Lou Ren
瓜蔞仁 과루인 · Trichosanthes Seed

2 g
Assistant 佐
Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

2 g
Assistant 佐

ground to a paste
Honghwa Hong Hua
紅花 홍화 · Safflower

0.4 g
Assistant 佐

wine treated
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

—
Assistant 佐

nine grains
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

0.8 g
Envoy 使

Total 33.2 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 dryness pattern with the skin split and cracked
Treats the nails of hands and feet withered and dry
with scales rising and blood and pain on scratching

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood dryness with fissured skin
Blood vacuity with heat in the skin

Biomedical correlates

Eczema craquelé
Xerosis with fissuring
Psoriasis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治燥證, 皮膚拆裂, 手足爪甲枯燥, 搔之屑起, 血出痛楚. 天門冬一錢半, 生地黃ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ當歸ㆍ黃芪各一錢, 酒片芩ㆍ瓜蔞仁ㆍ桃仁泥各五分, 升麻二分, 酒紅花一分, 五味子九粒. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats the dryness pattern with the skin split and cracked, the nails of hands and feet withered and dry, scales rising on scratching, with blood coming and sharp pain. Asparagus root, 1.5 don; raw rehmannia, cooked rehmannia, ophiopogon, tangkuei and astragalus, 1 don each; wine-treated scutellaria, trichosanthes seed and peach kernel ground to a paste, 5 fun each; cimicifuga, 2 fun; wine-treated safflower, 1 fun; schisandra, nine grains. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. — Uihak Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Jo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The chapter's best formula, and the indication is a dermatological description good enough to diagnose from: skin split and cracked, nails dry and brittle, scales lifting when scratched, bleeding and sharp pain. That is eczema craquelé or a fissured psoriasis, and the treatment is the right shape — the four moistening and blood-nourishing drugs at full dose, a little scutellaria for the heat, trichosanthes and peach kernel for the stuck blood, and nine grains of schisandra to hold the fluid in. Tiny doses of cimicifuga and safflower at the end are Dongwon's signature, lifting the formula to the skin. Nothing here is harmful and the nourishing core is what a modern practitioner would also reach for. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.