Formulas · Tonify Blood 補血 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Engender Fluids and Nourish the Blood Decoction

Saengjinyanghyeol-tang

한글 생진양혈탕 · Pinyin Sheng Jin Yang Xue Tang

生津養血湯

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Cheonhwabun Tian Hua Fen
天花粉 천화분 · Trichosanthes Root

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

2 g
Assistant 佐 honey-fried
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

2 g
Assistant 佐 honey-fried
Yeonjayuk Lian Zi
蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed

2 g
Assistant 佐
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 37.2 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

Nourishes the Blood and enriches Yin to engender fluids
Clears Heart and Stomach heat to relieve upper wasting

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Upper wasting (上消) of sogal 消渴 — thirst with copious drinking
Blood vacuity failing to engender liquid and humor (Danxi's mechanism)
Dry mouth and red tongue in thin or anemic patients

Biomedical correlates

Polydipsia in patients with concurrent anemia or undernourishment
Chronic dry mouth in thin depleted constitutions
Thirst with menstrual irregularity or blood loss history

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治上消. 當歸ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ生地黃ㆍ麥門冬各一錢, 川芎ㆍ黃連各八分, 天花粉七分, 知母ㆍ黃柏(幷蜜炒)ㆍ蓮肉ㆍ烏梅ㆍ薄荷ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats upper wasting. Korean angelica, white peony, raw rehmannia, and ophiopogon, 1 don each; cnidium and coptis, 0.8 don each; trichosanthes root 0.7 don; anemarrhena and phellodendron (both honey-fried), lotus seed, mume plum, mint, and licorice, 0.5 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Sogal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Danxi's dictum — the three wastings are mostly blood vacuity failing to engender fluids — written out as a prescription. Samul-tang is the chassis; everything else is fluids and cooling bolted onto it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.