Formulas · Reduce Food Stagnation 消食 · Dongwon (東垣)
Three Yellows Unripe Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Pill
Samhwangjichul-hwan
한글 삼황지출환 · Pinyin San Huang Zhi Zhu Wan
Powdered and bound with steamed cake soaked in hot water into pills the size of mung beans; 50–70 pills swallowed with plain boiled water.
Composition 構成
- Hwanggeum黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria80 g
Chief 君 - Hwangryeon黃連 황련 · Coptis40 g
Deputy 臣 wine-fried - Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb40 g
Deputy 臣 roasted in embers - Singok神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven40 g
Assistant 佐 dry-fried - Baekchul白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes40 g
Assistant 佐 - Jinpi陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel40 g
Assistant 佐 - Jisil枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange20 g
Assistant 佐 bran-fried
Total 300 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Clears the heat of rich meat and heavy pasta while dispersing the stagnation
- Purges gently what thick flavors left oppressive
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Damage by meat damp pasta and thick-flavored things (傷肉食濕麪厚味之物)
- Oppressive disorder and unease after rich food
- Food stagnation transformed to heat
Biomedical correlates
- Dyspepsia after rich or greasy meals
- Food-heat presentations with restless oppression
- Overindulgence syndromes
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治傷肉食濕麪厚味之物, 悶亂不快. 黃芩 二兩, 黃連(酒炒)ㆍ大黃(煨)ㆍ神麴(炒)ㆍ白朮ㆍ陳皮 各一兩, 枳實(麩炒) 五錢. 右爲末, 湯浸蒸餠和丸菉豆大, 白湯呑下五七十丸. 《東垣》
Translation
Treats damage by meat, damp pasta, and thick-flavored things, with oppressive disorder and unease. Scutellaria 2 nyang; wine-fried coptis, ember-roasted rhubarb, dry-fried medicated leaven, white atractylodes, and tangerine peel, 1 nyang each; bran-fried unripe bitter orange 5 don. Powder the above and bind with steamed cake soaked in hot water into pills the size of mung beans; swallow 50–70 pills with plain boiled water. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Naesang)