Divine Merit Pill

Singong-hwan

한글 신공환 · Pinyin Shen Gong Wan

神功丸

Composition 構成

Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

6 g
Chief 君

1 don 5 pun
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Chief 君

5 pun
Nanhyangyeop Lan Xiang Ye
蘭香葉 난향엽 · Basil Leaf

4 g
Deputy 臣

蘭香葉
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣

當歸身, the body
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

4 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

1.2 g
Deputy 臣

wine-washed, 3 pun
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

4 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2 g
Assistant 佐

縮砂, 5 pun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

raw, 3 pun
Jeungbyeong Zheng Bing
蒸餠 증병 · Steamed Leavened Bread

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Envoy 使

steamed bread for binding

Total 28.4 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 a great meat-eater whose breath stinks so that none can come near
with the teeth eaten away by gan and falling out

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Accumulated heat from rich food — foul breath with decaying teeth

Biomedical correlates

Halitosis
Periodontal disease

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治多食肉人口臭不可近, 牙齒疳蝕脫落. 升麻一錢半, 蘭香葉ㆍ當歸身ㆍ藿香ㆍ木香各一錢, 黃連ㆍ縮砂各五分, 生地黃(酒洗)ㆍ甘草(生) 各三分. 右爲末, 蒸餠和丸菉豆大, 白湯下一百丸. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats a great meat-eater whose breath stinks so that none can come near, with the teeth eaten away and falling out. Cimicifuga 1 don 5 pun; lan-xiang leaf, angelica body, agastache and costus 1 don each; coptis and amomum 5 pun each; fresh rehmannia (wine-washed) and raw licorice 3 pun each. Powder them, bind with steamed bread into pills the size of a mung bean, and take a hundred with plain hot water. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Ahchi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four aromatics against a stench and coptis against what causes it. 口臭不可近 is the complaint, and Dongwon names the cause in the indication itself: too much meat. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.