Lotus Root Juice Paste

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한글 우즙고 · Pinyin Ou Zhi Gao

藕汁膏

The source gives no weights, specifying only the substances and the method; grams are left at zero throughout.

Composition 構成

Ujeol Ou Jie
藕節 우절 · Lotus Root Node

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Chief 君

藕汁, the juice
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

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Chief 君

the juice
Uyu Niu Ru
牛乳 우유 · Cow's Milk

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Deputy 臣

牛乳, the milk
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

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Deputy 臣

powdered and mixed into the juices
Cheonhwabun Tian Hua Fen
天花粉 천화분 · Trichosanthes Root

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Deputy 臣

powdered and mixed into the juices
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Assistant 佐

薑汁, the juice, as assistant
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

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Envoy 使

白蜜, white honey, worked into a paste

Total 0 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 7 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Clears stomach heat in middle wasting
Engenders fluids and moistens dryness

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Stomach heat with middle wasting

Biomedical correlates

Diabetes mellitus with polyphagia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治胃熱消中. 藕汁<span class='sochu'>白藕尤佳</span>ㆍ生地黃汁ㆍ牛乳汁, 和黃連ㆍ天花粉末, 佐而薑汁白蜜爲膏. 以匙抄取, 徐徐留舌上, 以白湯送下, 日三四次. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats stomach heat with middle wasting. Lotus root juice <span class='sochu'>white lotus root is best of all</span>, fresh rehmannia juice and cow's milk, mixed with powdered coptis and trichosanthes root, with ginger juice and white honey as assistants, worked into a paste. Take it up with a spoon, let it rest slowly on the tongue, and send it down with plain hot water, three or four times a day. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Sogal)

Clinical commentary 臨床

徐徐留舌上 — let it rest slowly on the tongue — is the instruction that defines the preparation. A paste held in the mouth before swallowing bathes the dry mouth and throat directly, which a decoction swallowed at once does not. Three juices and milk carry the formula, with only two powdered medicinals in it. That makes it closer to a food than a prescription, and the chapter places it among the middle wasting formulas where thirst and hunger are both severe. **Middle wasting with constant hunger and weight loss is diabetes mellitus and requires medical management.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.