Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)
Raw Rehmannia Drink
Saengjihwang-eumja
한글 생지황음자 · Pinyin Sheng Di Huang Yin Zi
If loquat leaf is unavailable, mulberry root bark substitutes. Same name, near collision (同名異方): distinct from Liu He-jian's Dihuang Yinzi 地黃飮子 for wind stroke — this is the Deukhyo thirst formula.
Composition 構成
- Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia4 g
Chief 君 dried (生乾) - Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia4 g
Chief 君 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng4 g
Deputy 臣 - Hwanggi黃芪 황기 · Astragalus4 g
Deputy 臣 - Cheonmundong天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root4 g
Deputy 臣 - Maekmundong麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope4 g
Deputy 臣 - Jigak枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange4 g
Assistant 佐 - Seokgok石斛 석곡 · Dendrobium4 g
Assistant 佐 - Bipayeop枇杷葉 비파엽 · Loquat Leaf4 g
Assistant 佐 - Taeksa澤瀉 택사 · Alisma4 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice2 g
Envoy 使
Total 42 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
- Engenders essence and supplements the Blood while moistening dryness
- Courses the two bowels so heat descends and thirst stops of itself
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Wasting-thirst (消渴) generally
- Yin-blood depletion with stale heat lodged above
- Thirst with rough urination or sluggish bowels
Biomedical correlates
- Polydipsia with constipation or scant urination
- Diabetes with dry skin and mucosa
- Chronic thirst in depleted patients
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治消渴. 人參ㆍ生乾地黃ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ黃芪ㆍ天門冬ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ枳殼ㆍ石斛ㆍ枇杷葉(無則桑白皮代之)ㆍ澤瀉 各一錢, 甘草 五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. ○此方乃二黃元, 合甘露飮材也. 生精補血, 潤燥止渴, 佐以澤瀉ㆍ枳殼, 疏導二府, 使心火下行, 則小便淸利, 肺經潤澤, 則大府流暢, 宿熱旣消, 其渴自止, 造化精深, 妙無踰此. 《得效》
Translation
Treats wasting-thirst. Ginseng, dried raw rehmannia, prepared rehmannia, astragalus, asparagus root, ophiopogon, bitter orange, dendrobium, loquat leaf (mulberry root bark substituting if unavailable), and alisma, 1 don each; licorice 0.5 don. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — This formula is the material of the Two Yellows Pill joined with Sweet Dew Drink: it engenders essence and supplements the Blood, moistens dryness and stops thirst; with alisma and bitter orange as assistants it courses the two bowels, sending heart fire downward — then the urine flows clear, the Lung channel is moistened, the large bowel moves freely, the stale heat melts away, and the thirst stops of itself. Its workings are deep and refined; nothing surpasses its subtlety. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Sogal)