Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Danggye Simbeop (丹溪心法)

Storax and Qingzhou Pellets

Socheong-won

한글 소청원 · Pinyin Su Qing Yuan

蘇靑元

A compound of two finished prescriptions rather than of crude drugs; the ingredient list records them as their two chief constituents. 靑州白元子 is given in the Phlegm chapter, which is not yet transcribed on this site, so the name is left unlinked. 氣宇 is the qi of the chest and diaphragm.

Composition 構成

Namseong Tian Nan Xing
天南星 천남성 · Arisaema

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Chief 君

as Cheongju-baegwonja powder
Sohaphyang Su He Xiang
蘇合香 소합향 · Storax

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Deputy 臣

as Sohaphyang-won powder

Total 0 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

Harmonizes the qi and disperses wind phlegm
Combines two finished prescriptions in a fixed ratio

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi stagnation with wind phlegm
Wind phlegm with a constricted chest

Biomedical correlates

Phlegm with chest oppression
Stroke sequelae with phlegm

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

和氣宇ㆍ散風痰. 靑州白元子末三兩, <a href='/formulas/sohaphyang-won'>蘇合香元</a>末一兩. 右和勻, 薑汁糊和丸梧子大, 淡薑湯下三四十丸. 《丹心》

Translation

Harmonizes the qi of the chest and disperses wind phlegm. Powdered Cheongju-baegwonja, 3 nyang; powdered Sohaphyang-won, 1 nyang. Mix evenly, make pills the size of a paulownia seed with ginger-juice paste, and take thirty to forty with weak ginger decoction. — Danggye Simbeop 丹心 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A formula made of formulas, in a three-to-one ratio, and the kind of thing a working pharmacy produces rather than a text: the phlegm pellets were already on the shelf and so was the aromatic qi-moving pill, and combining them saved compounding a third. The reasoning is sound enough — phlegm that will not move is often phlegm the qi is not moving — and the weak ginger decoction vehicle keeps the dose gentle. Its chief interest is as evidence of how the classical dispensary actually worked. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.