Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Percolate Dampness Decoction (Hoechun)

Samseup-tang

한글 삼습탕(회춘) · Pinyin Shen Shi Tang

滲濕湯

A second formula of the same name from the Gukbang, given at 3.8.3.1 for cold damp, is registered separately by source suffix. This is the formula the Oedema chapter cites at 1.5.7 with the note 方見濕門.

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

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

6 g
Chief 君
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeoryeong Zhu Ling
猪苓 저령 · Polyporus

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2.8 g
Assistant 佐

縮砂
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使
Deungsim Deng Xin Cao
燈心草 등심초 · Rush Pith

2 g
Envoy 使

燈心
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

Total 50.4 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

Percolates damp of every kind
Frees the urine and moves the qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

All damp patterns

Biomedical correlates

Fluid retention with dyspepsia
Generalized damp conditions

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治一切濕證. 蒼朮ㆍ白朮ㆍ赤茯苓各一錢半, 陳皮ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ猪苓各一錢, 香附子ㆍ川芎ㆍ縮砂ㆍ厚朴各七分, 甘草三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 燈心一撮, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats all damp patterns. Atractylodes lancea, white atractylodes and red poria 1.5 don each; tangerine peel, alisma and polyporus 1 don each; cyperus, chuanxiong, amomum and magnolia bark 7 pun each; licorice 3 pun. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and a pinch of juncus, decoct in water and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Seup)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The chapter's general prescription for damp, and the one the Oedema chapter sends its readers here to find. Pyeongwi-san and Oryeong-san combined, with cyperus, chuanxiong and amomum added to move the qi — because on this chapter's reading damp that will not shift is usually damp that the qi is not moving. The treatment rule it answers is at 3.11.1: promote a slight sweat and free the urine, so that the damp is dispersed above and below at once. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.