Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Three Aromatics Powder

Samhyang-san

한글 삼향산 · Pinyin San Xiang San

三香散

An unrelated 參香散 of the Taxation chapter romanises identically, so this formula is registered as samhyang-san-gae, after the chapter it stands in.

Composition 構成

Chimhyang Chen Xiang
沈香 침향 · Agarwood

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Chief 君

equal part
Baekdugu Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom

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Deputy 臣

equal part
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

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Assistant 佐

equal part
Siche Shi Di
柿蒂 시체 · Persimmon Calyx

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Envoy 使

decocted to make the liquid the powder is stirred into

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 4 ingredients 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 hiccup from a cold stomach

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Hiccup with cold in the stomach, and food-blocked hiccup

Biomedical correlates

Hiccup after a heavy meal

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治胃冷咳逆. 沉香ㆍ白豆蔲ㆍ紫蘇葉各等分. 右爲末, 每一錢, 以柿蔕煎湯調下. 《入門》

Translation

Treats hiccup from a cold stomach. Aquilaria, round cardamom and perilla leaf, in equal parts. Grind to a powder and give 1 don each time, stirred into a decoction of persimmon calyx. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three aromatics and nothing else, given as a powder in persimmon calyx tea — the simplest of the chapter's hiccup formulas and the one it offers twice, here for a cold stomach and again at 3.22's 食塞咳逆 for the hiccup that follows a meal eaten too fast. All three drugs are volatile and are therefore powdered rather than boiled, with the one non-aromatic ingredient supplying the vehicle. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.