Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Three Immortals Elixir
Samseon-dan
한글 삼선단 · Pinyin San Xian Dan
Pill formula, bulk amounts: powdered and bound with a wine paste into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 50–70 pills with warm wine. Blood foods are to be avoided while taking it. **Note on modern practice: chuanwu (川烏) is a regulated toxic aconite requiring proper processing and professional prescription.**
Composition 構成
- Hoehyang茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit120 g
Chief 君 dry-fried - Changchul蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes80 g
Deputy 臣 fried to yellow with a handful of scallion white, the scallion then discarded - Cheono川烏 천오 · Aconite Main Root40 g
Assistant 佐 fried with 5 don of salt until it cracks
Total 240 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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
- Warms a Kidney and Bladder gone vacuous and cold
- Clears the deaf ears and dim eyes that follow
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Vacuity taxation with Kidney and Bladder vacuous and cold (腎與膀胱虛冷)
- Deafness and dimming vision (耳聾目暗)
- Cold depletion of the lower burner
Biomedical correlates
- Age-related hearing and visual decline with fatigue
- Kidney-yang depletion
- Cold-pattern urinary complaints
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治虛勞證, 腎與膀胱虛冷, 耳聾目暗. 蒼朮 二兩(以葱白一握同炒黃去葱), 川烏 一兩(以鹽五錢同炒裂), 茴香 三兩(炒). 右爲末, 酒糊和丸梧子大. 溫酒下五七十丸, 忌諸血. 《入門》
Translation
Treats the vacuity taxation pattern with Kidney and Bladder vacuous and cold, the ears deaf and the eyes dim. Atractylodes 2 nyang, fried to yellow with a handful of scallion white, the scallion then discarded; chuanwu aconite 1 nyang, fried with 5 don of salt until it cracks; dry-fried fennel 3 nyang. Powder the above and bind with a wine paste into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 50–70 pills with warm wine, avoiding blood foods. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Heoro)