Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Dansim (丹心)

Three Cornels Pill

Samsu-hwan

한글 삼수환 · Pinyin San Zhu Wan

三茱丸

Composition 構成

Sansuyu Shan Zhu Yu
山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus

80 g
Chief 君

2 nyang
Osuyu Wu Zhu Yu
吳茱萸 오수유 · Evodia

80 g
Chief 君

2 nyang
Siksuyu Shi Zhu Yu
食茱萸 식수유 · Food Cornel

80 g
Chief 君

食茱萸, 2 nyang
Bogolji Bu Gu Zhi
補骨脂 보골지 · Psoralea

68 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried (炒), 1 nyang 7 don
Cheollyeonja Chuan Lian Zi
川楝子 천련자 · Toosendan Fruit

40 g
Deputy 臣

川練肉, fried with fourteen blister beetles, which are discarded
Gyeonuja Qian Niu Zi
牽牛子 견우자 · Morning Glory Seed (strong)

40 g
Deputy 臣

黑丑頭末, stir-fried (炒)
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

12 g
Deputy 臣

3 don
Hoehyang Hui Xiang
茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit

12 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried (炒), 3 don
Banmyo Ban Mao
斑猫 반묘 · Blister Beetle

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Assistant 佐

斑猫, 14, fried with the toosendan and thrown away · severely toxic
Cheongyeom Qing Yan
靑鹽 청염 · Blue Rock Salt

12 g
Envoy 使

靑鹽, 3 don
Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

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Envoy 使

15 peach kernels chewed first; warm wine or salt decoction as draught

Total 424 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 mounting with swelling and pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi mounting with swelling

Biomedical correlates

Inguinal hernia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣疝腫痛. 山茱萸ㆍ吳茱萸ㆍ食茱萸各二兩, 破故紙(炒) 一兩七錢, 川練肉一兩(斑猫十四箇同炒赤, 去猫), 黑丑頭末(炒) 一兩, 靑鹽ㆍ靑皮ㆍ茴香(炒) 各三錢. 右爲末, 醋麪糊和丸梧子大, 先嚼桃仁十五粒, 以溫酒或鹽湯下三五十丸. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats qi mounting with swelling and pain. Cornus, evodia and food-cornel 2 nyang each; psoralea (stir-fried) 1 nyang 7 don; toosendan 1 nyang, fried red with fourteen blister beetles which are then discarded; the first powder of black morning-glory seed (stir-fried) 1 nyang; blue salt, green tangerine peel and fennel (stir-fried) 3 don each. Powder them, bind with vinegar and flour paste into pills the size of a firmiana seed; first chew fifteen peach kernels, then take thirty to fifty with warm wine or salt decoction. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Jeoneum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

**Blister beetle contains cantharidin and is severely toxic; it is fried with the toosendan and discarded, and must not be taken.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.