Formulas · Tonify Blood 補血 · Dansim (丹心)

Four Substances and Toosendan Decoction

Samulgoryeon-tang

한글 사물고련탕 · Pinyin Si Wu Ku Lian Tang

四物苦練湯

Composition 構成

Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

4 g
Chief 君

from Samul-tang
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Chief 君

from Samul-tang
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣

from Samul-tang
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣

from Samul-tang
Hyeonhosaek Yan Hu Suo
玄胡索 현호색 · Corydalis

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheollyeonja Chuan Lian Zi
川楝子 천련자 · Toosendan Fruit

4 g
Deputy 臣

苦練子

Total 24 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats abdominal pain generally
and cold pain below the navel

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Abdominal pain from blood vacuity; cold pain below the navel

Biomedical correlates

Dysmenorrhoea
Lower abdominal pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

通治腹痛, 亦治臍下冷痛. 四物湯<span class='sochu'>方見血門</span>加玄胡索ㆍ苦練子各一錢. 右水煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats abdominal pain generally, and also cold pain below the navel. Four Substances Decoction <span class='sochu'>formula in the Blood chapter</span> with corydalis and toosendan 1 don each added. Decoct in water and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Bok)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Samul-tang with the Jinling pair — corydalis for the pain and toosendan to course the liver. 13.22's rule is that abdominal pain mostly belongs to the blood running rough, and this is the formula that follows from it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.