Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)
Raw Rehmannia Paste
Saengjihwang-go
한글 생지황고 · Pinyin Sheng Di Huang Gao
Paste formula: the washed rehmannia is pounded and juiced, simmered with the honey to half volume, then the ginseng and poria powders are blended in; stored in porcelain and taken by the spoonful with warm water.
Composition 構成
- Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia1280 g
Chief 君 juiced (2 geun) - Bongmil蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey400 g
Deputy 臣 1 bowl (一椀) - Baekbokryeong白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)40 g
Assistant 佐 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng20 g
Assistant 佐
Total 1740 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
- Enriches Yin and engenders fluids from fresh rehmannia juice
- Supplements Qi lightly to carry the moistening
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- All thirst diseases (治渴通用)
- Yin-fluid depletion with heat
- Chronic thirst needing spoon-dose maintenance
Biomedical correlates
- Chronic polydipsia and dry mouth
- Fluid depletion in febrile convalescence
- Maintenance therapy in diabetes
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治渴通用. 生地黃 二斤, 蜜 一椀, 白茯苓 一兩, 人參 五錢. 右地黃洗搗取汁, 同蜜煎至半, 次入參苓末拌和, 磁器盛, 以匙挑服, 溫水送下. 《得效》
Translation
For general use in treating thirst. Raw rehmannia 2 geun; honey 1 bowl; white poria 1 nyang; ginseng 5 don. Wash and pound the rehmannia and take its juice; simmer with the honey down to half; then blend in the powdered ginseng and poria. Store in porcelain and take by the spoonful, sent down with warm water. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Sogal)