Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Free the Milk Decoction

Tongyu-tang

한글 통유탕 · Pinyin Tong Ru Tang

通乳湯

Composition 構成

Tongcho Tong Cao
通草 통초 · Tetrapanax Pith

40 g
Chief 君

1 nyang
Jeoje Zhu Ti
猪蹄 저제 · Pig's Trotter

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Chief 君

four trotters, boiled for the broth
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

40 g
Deputy 臣

1 nyang
Cheonsangap Chuan Shan Jia
穿山甲 천산갑 · Pangolin Scale (prohibited)

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Deputy 臣

14 scales, blast-fried yellow · CITES
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

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Envoy 使

warm scallion decoction to wash the breast

Total 84 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats qi and blood insufficient with the milk rough and scant

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi and blood insufficient — scant milk

Biomedical correlates

Insufficient lactation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣血不足, 乳汁澁少. 猪蹄四隻, 通草ㆍ川芎各一兩, 穿山甲十四片(炮黃), 甘草一錢. 右剉, 以水五斤煎至半, 取汁分三服. 更以溫葱湯頻洗乳房. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats qi and blood insufficient with the milk rough and scant. Four pig's trotters; tetrapanax and chuanxiong 1 nyang each; pangolin scale 14 pieces (blast-fried yellow); licorice 1 don. Cut up, boil in five geun of water down to half, and take the juice in three doses; and wash the breast often with a warm scallion decoction. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Yu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A broth rather than a decoction — trotters boiled down with the medicinals, which is how the tradition fed a nursing mother. 12.3 gives the reasoning: milk comes from the penetrating vessel and the stomach channel, so it is fed rather than forced. **Pangolin scale is CITES Appendix I and banned; it must be omitted.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.