Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Three Yellows Decoction for a Sweet Mouth

Samhwang-tang

한글 삼황탕 (구감) · Pinyin San Huang Tang

三黃湯

Not the Seonmyeongnon formula of three yellows registered as samhwang-tang; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

3.2 g
Chief 君

8 pun
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

3.2 g
Chief 君

8 pun
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

8 pun
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

8 pun
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

8 pun
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

3.2 g
Deputy 臣

8 pun
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

1.2 g
Deputy 臣

3 pun
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

3.2 g
Assistant 佐

8 pun
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

3.2 g
Assistant 佐

8 pun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

3 pun
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

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Envoy 使

1 mume

Total 28 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats spleen heat with a sweet mouth

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen heat — a sweet taste in the mouth

Biomedical correlates

Dysgeusia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脾熱口甘. 黃連ㆍ黃芩ㆍ梔子ㆍ石膏ㆍ芍藥ㆍ桔梗ㆍ陳皮ㆍ茯苓各八分, 白朮ㆍ甘草各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入烏梅一箇, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats spleen heat with a sweet mouth. Coptis, scutellaria, gardenia, gypsum, peony, platycodon, tangerine peel and poria 8 pun each; white atractylodes and licorice 3 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add one mume, decoct in water and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Guseol)

Clinical commentary 臨床

3.8 assigns the sweet taste to the spleen, since the spleen's flavour is sweet and heat makes it overflow. A persistent sweet taste in the mouth is worth taking seriously — it is one of the classical presentations of untreated diabetes. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.