Three Flowers and Five Seeds Pill

Samhwa-oja-hwan

한글 삼화오자환 · Pinyin San Hua Wu Zi Wan

三花五子丸

Composition 構成

Milmonghwa Mi Meng Hua
密蒙花 밀몽화 · Buddleia Flower

10 g
Chief 君

equal part
Gamgukhwa Gan Ju Hua
甘菊花 감국화 · Chrysanthemum Flower

10 g
Chief 君

equal part
Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

10 g
Chief 君

equal part
Seonbokhwa Xuan Fu Hua
旋覆花 선복화 · Inula Flower

10 g
Deputy 臣

equal part
Gyeolmyeongja Jue Ming Zi
決明子 결명자 · Cassia Seed

10 g
Deputy 臣

equal part
Tosaja Tu Si Zi
菟絲子 토사자 · Cuscuta

10 g
Deputy 臣

equal part
Ubangja Niu Bang Zi
牛蒡子 우방자 · Burdock Seed

10 g
Deputy 臣

鼠粘子
Jibucho Di Fu Cao
地膚草 지부초 · Kochia Herb

10 g
Deputy 臣

地膚子
Seokgyeolmyeong Shi Jue Ming
石決明 석결명 · Abalone Shell

10 g
Assistant 佐

equal part
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

10 g
Envoy 使

equal part
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

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Envoy 使

decocted as the draught

Total 100 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

Treats black flowers and flying midges seen before the eyes
or an obstructing screen breeding

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Floaters with a screen

Biomedical correlates

Vitreous floaters
Early cataract

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治眼見黑花飛蠅, 或生瞖障. 密蒙花ㆍ旋覆花ㆍ甘菊花ㆍ決明子ㆍ枸杞子ㆍ菟絲子(酒製)ㆍ鼠粘子ㆍ地膚子ㆍ石決明(煆)ㆍ甘草各等分. 右擣爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 食後麥門冬湯下五十丸. 《醫林》

Translation

Treats black flowers and flying midges seen before the eyes, or an obstructing screen breeding. Buddleia flower, inula flower, chrysanthemum flower, cassia seed, lycium fruit, cuscuta (wine-processed), burdock seed, broomcorn seed, abalone shell (calcined) and licorice in equal parts. Pound and powder them, make honey pills the size of parasol-tree seeds, and take fifty after food with an ophiopogon decoction. — Uirim 醫林 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Named by its count — three flowers and five seeds — and that is the formula's whole architecture. Flying midges before the eye is as good a description of vitreous floaters as has been written, and the Uirim treats them as something to be dissolved from within rather than cleared from the surface. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.