Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Yangro (養老)
Immortals' Never-Old Pill
Sinseonbulro-hwan
한글 신선불로환 · Pinyin Shen Xian Bu Lao Wan
Pill formula, bulk amounts: the medicinals are cut and slow-fire-baked (never sun-dried), pounded to fine powder, worked with honey through a thousand pestle-strokes into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 70–90 pills three times daily — early morning, noon, and at bedtime — with warm wine or salted water. Forbidden while taking: the three whites (scallion, garlic, radish per the received reading) and all blood foods. The source carries the formula as a verse: 'The Never-Old immortal formula's power is rare — it holds the countenance with no effort at all… it can make the beard black and the hair black too.'
Composition 構成
- Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng120 g
Chief 君 - Pageuk巴戟 파극 · Morinda Root120 g
Chief 君 wine-soaked, cored - Danggui當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica120 g
Chief 君 wine-soaked - Tosaja菟絲子 토사자 · Cuscuta120 g
Chief 君 wine-prepared - Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia80 g
Deputy 臣 - Saengjihwang生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia80 g
Deputy 臣 wine-baked - Useul牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes60 g
Deputy 臣 wine-soaked - Duchung杜沖 두충 · Eucommia Bark60 g
Deputy 臣 bran-fried - Baekjain柏子仁 백자인 · Arborvitae Seed40 g
Assistant 佐 ground separately - Seokchangpo石菖蒲 석창포 · Acorus40 g
Assistant 佐 rice-water-soaked - Gugija枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry40 g
Assistant 佐 wine-soaked - Jigolpi地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark40 g
Assistant 佐
Total 920 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
- Supplements Qi Blood and essence to hold the countenance and blacken the hair
- Delivered with its own memorization song and dietary rules
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Vacuity taxation with early aging signs
- Graying hair and fading countenance on a depletion ground
- Thrice-daily long-course restoration
Biomedical correlates
- Premature graying and aging presentations with fatigue
- Age-related vitality decline
- Long-course maintenance tonification
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
歌曰, 不老仙方功效殊, 駐顔全不費功夫. 人參ㆍ牛膝ㆍ川巴戟, 蜀地當歸ㆍ杜沖俱, 一味地黃生熟用, 兎絲ㆍ柏子ㆍ石菖蒲, 更添枸杞皮兼子, 細末蜜丸梧子如, 早午臨眠三次服, 鹽湯溫酒任君須, 忌飡三白幷諸血, 能使鬚烏髮亦烏. ○人參ㆍ巴戟(酒浸去心)ㆍ當歸(酒浸)ㆍ兎絲子(酒製) 各三兩, 熟地黃ㆍ生乾地黃(酒焙) 各二兩, 牛膝(酒浸)ㆍ杜沖(麩炒) 各一兩半, 柏子仁(另末)ㆍ石菖蒲(泔浸)ㆍ枸杞子(酒浸)ㆍ地骨皮 各一兩. 右剉不可曬, 只慢火焙擣爲細末, 蜜和擣千杵丸如梧子大. 每服七九十丸, 以溫酒鹽湯任下, 日三次. 忌三白諸血物. 《養老》
Translation
The song runs: 'The Never-Old immortal formula's power is rare — it holds the countenance with no effort at all. Ginseng, achyranthes, Sichuan morinda, Shu-land angelica, and eucommia together; the one flavor rehmannia, used raw and prepared; cuscuta, arborvitae seed, and acorus; add further the lycium — bark together with fruit. Fine-powdered, honey-bound, pills like parasol seeds; taken thrice — early, at noon, and nearing sleep — with salted water or warm wine as you please. Forbid the three whites and every blood food, and it can make the beard black and the hair black too.' — Ginseng, morinda (wine-soaked and cored), Korean angelica (wine-soaked), and cuscuta (wine-prepared), 3 nyang each; prepared rehmannia and dried raw rehmannia (wine-baked), 2 nyang each; achyranthes (wine-soaked) and eucommia (bran-fried), 1.5 nyang each; arborvitae seed (powdered separately), acorus (rice-water-soaked), lycium fruit (wine-soaked), and lycium root bark, 1 nyang each. Cut the above — it must not be sun-dried — bake only over a slow fire, pound to fine powder, work with honey through a thousand pestle-strokes into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds. Take 70–90 pills each time with warm wine or salted water, three times daily. Forbidden: the three whites and all blood foods. — Yangro 養老 (Donguibogam · Heoro)