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Guard the Life Decoction (Stool)

Wisaeng-tang

한글 위생탕 (대변) · Pinyin Wei Sheng Tang

衛生湯

A different 衛生湯 from Yeokro's formula of the same name for taxation vacuity, which is registered separately.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sanyak Shan Yao
山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam

4 g
Deputy 臣
Uiiin Yi Yi Ren
薏苡仁 의이인 · Coix Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 32 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 the cavernous diarrhoea that pours straight through

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen qi vacuity with damp and a pouring stool

Biomedical correlates

Secretory diarrhoea
Chronic enteritis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治洞瀉. 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ山藥ㆍ陳皮ㆍ薏苡仁ㆍ澤瀉各一錢, 黃連ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 空心, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats the cavernous diarrhoea. Ginseng, white atractylodes, white poria, dioscorea, tangerine peel, coix seed and alisma, 1 don each; coptis and licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct in water on an empty stomach. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The gentle alternative to Saseup-tang for the same pouring diarrhoea: instead of lifting the yang with wind drugs, this supplements the spleen and drains the water, with coix seed and dioscorea as the mild damp-resolving pair and a small amount of coptis in case there is heat. For the chronic case rather than the acute one, it is the better-judged of the two. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.