Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Dangye Simbeop (丹溪心法)
Normalize the Qi Powder
Sungi-san
한글 순기산 · Pinyin Shun Qi San
順氣散
Composition 構成
- Hubak厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark10 g
Chief 君 - Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb8 g
Deputy 臣 - Jisil枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange4 g
Assistant 佐
Total 22 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Mildly frees the stool to drain stomach heat
- Downbears Qi and reduces pathological appetite in center wasting
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Center wasting (消中) — able to eat and drink
- with yellow-red urine
- Stomach heat with bound stool
- Treatment proceeds by mild disinhibition until the excessive eating itself subsides
Biomedical correlates
- Polyphagia with constipation in hyperglycemic states
- Overeating with dark concentrated urine
- Constipation-predominant metabolic presentations
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治消中, 能飮食, 小便黃赤, 以此微利, 至不飮食而愈. 厚朴 二錢半, 大黃 二錢, 枳實 一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《丹心》
Translation
Treats center wasting — able to eat and drink, with yellow-red urine. Mildly disinhibit with this until the patient no longer overeats, whereupon it cures. Magnolia bark 2.5 don; rhubarb 2 don; unripe bitter orange 1 don. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Sogal)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Minor Qi-Coordinating logic pointed at the appetite itself — purge mildly, watch the eating quiet down, and stop when it does. The endpoint written into the indication is the dosing instruction. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.