Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Sokbang (俗方)

Three Kernels Gruel

Samin-juk

한글 삼인죽 · Pinyin San Ren Zhou

三仁粥

Attributed to 俗方, the Korean vernacular formulary — one of the Bogam's own domestic sources.

Composition 構成

Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

—
Chief 君

one hop
Songjain Song Zi Ren
松子仁 송자인 · Pine Nut

—
Chief 君

one hop of pine nuts
Ukriin Yu Li Ren
郁李仁 욱리인 · Bush Cherry Pit

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gaengmi Jing Mi
粳米 갱미 · Non-glutinous Rice

—
Envoy 使

a little broken polished rice

Total 4 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 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 the stool bound
fit for both the old and the depleted

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Dry stool with fluid insufficiency

Biomedical correlates

Habitual constipation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治大便秘結, 老人ㆍ虛人皆可服. 桃仁ㆍ海松子仁各一合, 郁李仁一錢. 右同擣爛, 和水濾取汁, 入碎粳米少許, 煮粥, 空心服. 《俗方》

Translation

Treats the stool bound; both the old and the depleted may take it. Peach kernel and pine nuts, one hop each; bush-cherry kernel, 1 don. Pound them to a pulp together, mix with water and strain for the juice, add a little broken polished rice, boil it into a gruel and take on an empty stomach. — Sokbang 俗方 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A Korean household recipe, and one of the few places the Bogam cites its own vernacular tradition rather than a Chinese text. Three oily kernels and rice: pine nuts make it palatable, bush-cherry kernel gives it a mild purgative edge, and the result is food. For habitual constipation in a frail patient this and the perilla gruel are the two best things in the chapter. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.