Drain the Yellow Drink

Sahwang-eumja

한글 사황음자 · Pinyin Xie Huang Yin Zi

瀉黃飮子

Composition 構成

Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

4 g
Chief 君
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Chief 君
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

4 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Deputy 臣
Seokgok Shi Hu
石斛 석곡 · Dendrobium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

10 g
Envoy 使

5 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

5 pun

Total 40 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 wind heat gathered in the spleen channel with the lips dry
cracked and without colour

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind heat in the spleen channel — dry cracked lips

Biomedical correlates

Cheilitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風熱蘊於脾經, 脣燥瀋裂無色. 升麻ㆍ白芷ㆍ枳殼ㆍ黃芩ㆍ防風ㆍ半夏ㆍ石斛各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五片, 煎服. 《濟生》

Translation

Treats wind heat gathered in the spleen channel with the lips dry, cracked and without colour. Cimicifuga, angelica dahurica, bitter orange, scutellaria, saposhnikovia, pinellia and dendrobium 1 don each; licorice 5 pun. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — Jesaeng 濟生 (Donguibogam · Guseol)