Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Seonmyeong (宣明)
Three Yellows Pill
Samhwang-won
한글 삼황원 · Pinyin San Huang Yuan
Equal parts, powdered and bound with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 30–50 pills with boiled water on an empty stomach. Taking the same materials as a decoction — 1.5 don cut and boiled per dose — gives Samhwang-tang (三黃湯).
Composition 構成
- Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb40 g
Chief 君 ember-roasted - Hwanggeum黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria40 g
Chief 君 - Hwangryeon黃連 황련 · Coptis40 g
Chief 君
Total 120 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
- Clears accumulated heat with two bitter siblings and a roasted rhubarb
- Drains what has built up over seasons rather than days
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Accumulated heat (積熱)
- Long-standing internal heat with bound stool
- The pill format of the Three Yellows
Biomedical correlates
- Chronic constipation with heat signs
- Long-standing inflammatory heat
- Maintenance clearing therapy
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治積熱. 大黃(煨)ㆍ黃芩ㆍ黃連 各等分. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 熟水下三五十丸, 空心. ○三黃湯, 治同上, 以三黃元材, 每取一錢半, 剉作一服, 水煎服. 《宣明》
Translation
Treats accumulated heat. Ember-roasted rhubarb, scutellaria, and coptis, in equal parts. Powder the above and bind with honey into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 30–50 pills with boiled water on an empty stomach. — Samhwang-tang treats the same: taking the materials of Samhwang-won, cut 1.5 don for one dose, decoct in water and take. — Seonmyeong 宣明 (Donguibogam · Hwa)