Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Wash the Liver and Brighten the Eyes Decoction

Segan-myeongmok-tang

한글 세간명목탕 · Pinyin Xi Gan Ming Mu Tang

洗肝明目湯

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Chief 君

當歸尾
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

2 g
Chief 君

5 pun
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Chief 君

5 pun
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Manhyeongja Man Jing Zi
蔓荊子 만형자 · Vitex

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Gamguk Ju Hua
甘菊 감국 · Chrysanthemum

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Baekjilryeo Bai Ji Li
白蒺藜 백질려 · Tribulus

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Gyeolmyeongja Jue Ming Zi
決明子 결명자 · Cassia Seed

2 g
Deputy 臣

草決明
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

2 g
Assistant 佐

䓀莄
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

5 pun

Total 38 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

Treats every wind heat with the eyes red
swollen and painful

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind heat with a red swollen painful eye

Biomedical correlates

Acute conjunctivitis
Keratitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治一切風熱, 眼目赤腫疼痛. 當歸尾ㆍ川芎ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ生地黃ㆍ黃連ㆍ黃芩ㆍ梔子ㆍ石膏ㆍ連翹ㆍ防風ㆍ荊芥ㆍ薄荷ㆍ羌活ㆍ蔓荊子ㆍ甘菊ㆍ白蒺藜ㆍ草決明ㆍ䓀莄ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉水煎, 食後服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats every wind heat with the eyes red, swollen and painful. The tails of Korean angelica, chuanxiong, red peony, raw rehmannia, coptis, scutellaria, gardenia, gypsum, forsythia, saposhnikovia, schizonepeta, mint, notopterygium, vitex, chrysanthemum, tribulus, cassia seed, platycodon and licorice 5 pun each. Cut up, decoct in water, and take after food. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Nineteen medicinals at five pun each — the Hoechun's house style, a wide net lightly cast. Samul-tang's blood drugs underneath, the coptis-and-scutellaria pair for the heat, and the chapter's whole wind group on top; it is the formula to reach for when an eye is red and swollen and nothing narrower has been decided. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.