Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)

Three Roots Drink

Samgeun-eum

한글 삼근음 · Pinyin San Gen Yin

三根飮

All three drugs are the scraped inner bark of a root. The counts thirty-six and forty-nine are numerological.

Composition 構成

Obaemokgeun Wu Bei Mu Gen
五倍木根 오배목근 · Chinese Sumac Root

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Chief 君

equal parts
Changigeun Cang Er Gen
蒼耳根 창이근 · Cocklebur Root

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Chief 君

equal parts
Jeogeunbaekpi Chu Gen Bai Pi
樗根白皮 저근백피 · Ailanthus Root Bark

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Chief 君

the white bark scraped from ailanthus root; equal parts
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

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Envoy 使

two fruits
Heukdu Hei Dou
黑豆 흑두 · Black Soybean

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Envoy 使

thirty-six beans
Nami Nuo Mi
糯米 나미 · Glutinous Rice

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Envoy 使

forty-nine grains

Total 0 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 7 ingredients 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 resting dysentery long continued
with the effect of a spirit

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Chronic relapsing dysentery
Enduring dysentery with damp heat

Biomedical correlates

Relapsing chronic dysentery
Amoebic colitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治休息久痢如神. 五倍木根ㆍ蒼耳草根ㆍ臭樗木根, 刮取白皮, 各等分. 右剉, 每服七錢, 入生薑三片, 大棗二枚, 黑豆三十六粒, 糯米四十九粒, 空心同煎服. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats the resting dysentery long continued, with the effect of a spirit. Chinese sumac root, cocklebur root and ailanthus root, the white bark scraped off each, equal parts. Cut up; for each dose take 7 don with three slices of fresh ginger, two jujubes, thirty-six black soybeans and forty-nine grains of glutinous rice, and decoct together on an empty stomach. — Uihak Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three root barks, all astringent and all gathered the same way, for the chronic dysentery that nothing else has touched. The counted beans and grains are numerology — thirty-six and forty-nine are both squares with cosmological weight — and the chapter prints them as part of the prescription. What the formula actually delivers is a strong tannin decoction, which for a chronically ulcerated bowel is not an unreasonable thing. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.