Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Ginseng, Poria, Lotus and Atractylodes Powder

Samryeong-yeonchul-san

한글 삼령연출산 · Pinyin Shen Ling Lian Zhu San

參苓蓮朮散

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sanyak Shan Yao
山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam

4 g
Deputy 臣
Yeonjayuk Lian Zi
蓮子肉 연자육 · Lotus Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

2 g
Assistant 佐
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

2 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Assistant 佐

blast-fried
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

roasted
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one fruit
Deungsim Deng Xin Cao
燈心草 등심초 · Rush Pith

—
Envoy 使

one bundle

Total 36 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 qi vacuity diarrhoea

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen qi vacuity with chronic loose stool
Vacuity diarrhoea with poor appetite

Biomedical correlates

Chronic diarrhoea
Malabsorption
Post-infectious irritable bowel

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣虛泄瀉. 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ山藥ㆍ蓮子ㆍ陳皮各一錢, 縮砂ㆍ藿香ㆍ訶子ㆍ肉豆蔲ㆍ乾薑(炮)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入烏梅一箇, 燈心一團, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats qi vacuity diarrhoea. Ginseng, white atractylodes, white poria, dioscorea, lotus seed and tangerine peel, 1 don each; amomum, agastache, chebula, nutmeg, blast-fried dried ginger and roasted licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add one mume plum and one bundle of rush pith, and decoct in water. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Essentially Samnyeong-baekchul-san — the tradition's standard spleen-strengthening formula for chronic diarrhoea — with chebula, nutmeg and mume plum added to bind. Lotus seed and dioscorea are foods as much as drugs, which suits the indication: a patient who has been loose for a long time and is not eating. This is the gentlest of the chapter's vacuity formulas and the one closest to what a modern practitioner would actually give. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.