Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Dansim (丹心)
Lycopus Powder
Taekran-san
한글 택란산 · Pinyin Ze Lan San
澤蘭散
Given as 各等分 with no absolute weights; grams entered at 40 each as a notional equal share.
Composition 構成
Total 80 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
- Treats wind swelling and water swelling after delivery
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Wind swelling and water swelling after delivery
Biomedical correlates
- Postpartum oedema
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治産後風腫水腫. 澤蘭ㆍ防己 各等分. 右爲末, 每二錢, 溫酒, 或醋湯調下. 《丹心》
Translation
Treats wind swelling and water swelling after delivery. Lycopus and stephania in equal parts. Powder them and take 2 don at a time stirred into warm wine or vinegar decoction. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Buin)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Lycopus is the chapter's medicinal for postpartum swelling because it moves blood and water at once — the Oedema chapter's usual percolating medicinals do not touch the blood, and after delivery the two cannot be separated. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.