Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Piryongbang (必用方)

Ginseng and Elsholtzia Drink

Samyu-eum

한글 삼유음 · Pinyin Shen Ru Yin

參薷飮

The alternative name 却暑淸健湯 is from the Mingyi zalu. The formula is Cheonggi-eum of the preceding entry with scutellaria and schisandra in place of coptis and phellodendron.

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

6 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4.8 g
Chief 君
Maengmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

2.8 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hyangyu Xiang Ru
香薷 향유 · Elsholtzia

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

—
Assistant 佐

ten fruits
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

honey-roasted
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices

Total 34.4 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

Drives off summerheat
clears heat and strengthens the original qi
Prevents sudden turmoil with vomiting and diarrhoea

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Summerheat with qi vacuity
Qi vacuity liable to vomiting and diarrhoea in the heat

Biomedical correlates

Heat exhaustion
Prevention of gastroenteritis in hot weather

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

驅暑ㆍ淸熱ㆍ壯元氣, 免霍亂吐利等疾. 白朮一錢半, 人參一錢二分, 麥門冬ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ白茯苓各一錢, 知母(炒)ㆍ陳皮ㆍ香薷各七分, 甘草(灸) 五分, 黃芩(炒) 三分, 五味子十粒. 右剉, 入薑三, 水煎服. 《必用》 ○一名却暑淸健湯. 《名醫》

Translation

Drives off summerheat, clears heat and strengthens the original qi; it averts sudden turmoil with vomiting and diarrhoea and the like. Atractylodes, 1 don 5 fun; ginseng, 1 don 2 fun; ophiopogon, white peony and poria, 1 don each; stir-fried anemarrhena, tangerine peel and elsholtzia, 7 fun each; honey-roasted licorice, 5 fun; stir-fried scutellaria, 3 fun; schisandra, ten fruits. Cut up, add three slices of ginger and decoct in water. Also called Gakseo-cheonggeon-tang. — Piryongbang 必用 · Myeongui 名醫 (Donguibogam · Seo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Cheonggi-eum with the two lower-body bitter drugs swapped for scutellaria and schisandra, which moves the formula's target upward to the lung and makes it gentler. Schisandra with ophiopogon and ginseng is the pulse-generating triad, so this is in effect Saengmaek-san enlarged with the four-gentlemen group — and its stated purpose is preventive: it averts the vomiting and diarrhoea of summer. For a patient who gets heat-sick every year, that is the sensible use of it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.