Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

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한글 삼귀양영탕 · Pinyin Shen Gui Yang Rong Tang

參歸養榮湯

The Bogam carries two different formulas under the name 參歸養榮湯: this one, from the Haehak chapter, for regulating and nourishing the qi and blood once a malaria has been cut off, while the Pung chapter's Hoechun formula of the same name treats wind phlegm tetany and yin tetany. The source marker is printed 囬春 for 回春.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

3.2 g
Chief 君

8 fun
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

3.2 g
Chief 君

8 fun
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

3.2 g
Chief 君

8 fun
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

8 fun
Sanyak Shan Yao
山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

8 fun
Yeonjayuk Lian Zi
蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

8 fun
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

8 fun
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

8 fun
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

3.2 g
Assistant 佐

8 fun
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

3.2 g
Assistant 佐

8 fun
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

3.2 g
Assistant 佐

8 fun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3.2 g
Envoy 使

8 fun
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

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Envoy 使

two fruits

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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

Regulates and nourishes the qi and blood once a malaria has been cut off
Rebuilds the spleen and stomach on a convalescent frame

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi and blood vacuity after a malaria has been cut off (瘧疾截住後)
Convalescence from a long malaria

Biomedical correlates

Convalescence after malaria
Post-febrile debility with poor appetite

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

瘧疾截住後, 以此調養氣血. 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ當歸ㆍ陳皮ㆍ縮砂ㆍ厚朴ㆍ山藥ㆍ蓮肉ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ甘草各八分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入棗二, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

After a malaria has been cut off and stopped, use this to regulate and nourish the qi and blood. Ginseng, white atractylodes, white poria, Korean angelica, tangerine peel, amomum, magnolia bark, dioscorea, lotus seed, white peony, prepared rehmannia and licorice, 8 fun each. Cut the above, make one packet, add two jujubes, and decoct in water and take. — Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Haehak)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Palmul-tang with its cnidium removed — ginseng, white atractylodes, white poria and licorice on one side, Korean angelica, white peony and prepared rehmannia on the other — and then tangerine peel, amomum and magnolia bark added to keep the middle moving under all that richness, with dioscorea and lotus seed to hold it. Dropping cnidium is deliberate: this is not a formula meant to move anything outward. Twelve drugs at eight fun each is a light dose, and the even weighting says the same thing the indication does. It is placed at the close of the chapter, after the dichroa formulas, and it is the one entry here that treats the patient rather than the fit: 瘧疾截住後 — once the malaria has been cut off. Two jujubes and no ginger, which keeps even the envoys mild. The modern reading is straightforward and is about the only one in this chapter that holds up. A patient recovering from a long relapsing fever is depleted and eats badly, and a gentle spleen-and-blood formula is reasonable supportive care — but it is convalescent care, not treatment of the infection, and the infection is what needs the antimalarial drug. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.