Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Hagan (河間)
Ginseng and Poria Pill
Samryeong-won
한글 삼령원 · Pinyin Shen Ling Yuan
Composition 構成
- Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng40 g
Chief 君 - Jigolpi地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark40 g
Chief 君 - Jeokbokryeong赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)40 g
Deputy 臣 - Useul牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes40 g
Deputy 臣wine-steeped
- Seokchangpo石菖蒲 석창포 · Acorus40 g
Assistant 佐 - Wonji遠志 원지 · Polygala40 g
Assistant 佐 - Bongmil蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey—
Envoy 使for binding
- Mitang米湯 미탕 · Rice Water—
Envoy 使rice water as the draught
Total 240 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 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 heat bound in the stomach — eating much and digesting fast without flesh forming
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Heat bound in the stomach — a good appetite with no flesh gained
Biomedical correlates
- Hypermetabolic wasting
- Hyperthyroidism
- Diabetes with weight loss
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治胃中結熱, 消穀善食, 不生肌肉, 此名食㑊. 人參ㆍ石菖蒲ㆍ遠志ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ地骨皮ㆍ牛膝(酒浸) 各一兩. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 米飮下三五十丸, 不拘時. 《河間》
Translation
Treats heat bound in the stomach, with the grain digested fast and a good appetite but no flesh forming — this is named 食㑊. Ginseng, acorus, polygala, red poria, lycium root bark and achyranthes (wine-steeped) 1 nyang each. Powder them, make honey pills the size of a firmiana seed, and take thirty to fifty with rice water at any hour. — Hagan 河間 (Donguibogam · Yuk)