Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Dansim (丹心)

Auspicious Gold Powder

Seogeum-san

한글 서금산 · Pinyin Rui Jin San

瑞金散

Composition 構成

Ganghwang Jiang Huang
薑黃 강황 · Turmeric

6 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2.8 g
Chief 君
Mokdanpi Mu Dan Pi
牡丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Bongchul E Zhu
莪朮 봉출 · Zedoary

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Honghwa Hong Hua
紅花 홍화 · Safflower

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hyeonhosaek Yan Hu Suo
玄胡索 현호색 · Corydalis

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2.8 g
Assistant 佐

官桂

Total 28.4 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

Moves blood and qi to free the menses
Relieves gripping pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Menses not coming
with gripping pain of blood and qi

Biomedical correlates

Dysmenorrhoea with amenorrhoea

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治月經不行, 血氣撮痛. 薑黃一錢半, 牡丹皮ㆍ蓬朮ㆍ紅花ㆍ當歸ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ川芎ㆍ玄胡索ㆍ官桂各七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水一盞, 酒半盞煎服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats menses that do not come, with gripping pain of blood and qi. Turmeric 1.5 don; moutan bark, curcuma, safflower, angelica, red peony, chuanxiong, corydalis and cinnamon bark 7 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct in 1 jan of water with half a jan of wine. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Po)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Turmeric leading rather than chuanxiong is what distinguishes this. Turmeric moves blood and breaks qi at once, which suits 撮痛 — a gripping, grasping pain rather than a dull ache. Half a jan of wine in the decoction is the other detail: wine carries acrid blood-movers outward and is used wherever the chapter wants the action to reach quickly. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.