Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Yangnobongchinseo (養老奉親書)

Night Light Nourish the Spirit Pill

Yagwang-yuksin-hwan

한글 야광육신환 · Pinyin Ye Guang Yu Shen Wan

夜光育神丸

Cited to the Yangnobongchinseo, the work on caring for the aged from which the Bogam draws its old-age material.

Composition 構成

Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

10 g
Chief 君

equal part
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

10 g
Chief 君

生乾地黃
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

10 g
Deputy 臣

equal part
Tosaja Tu Si Zi
菟絲子 토사자 · Cuscuta

10 g
Deputy 臣

equal part
Gugija Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 구기자 · Goji Berry

10 g
Deputy 臣

equal part
Gamguk Ju Hua
甘菊 감국 · Chrysanthemum

10 g
Deputy 臣

equal part
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

10 g
Deputy 臣

equal part
Wonji Yuan Zhi
遠志 원지 · Polygala

10 g
Assistant 佐

equal part
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

10 g
Assistant 佐

equal part
Jigolpi Di Gu Pi
地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark

10 g
Assistant 佐

equal part

Total 100 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 dim eyes in the aged

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver and kidney vacuity of old age with dim vision

Biomedical correlates

Age-related visual decline

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治老人眼昏. 熟地黃ㆍ生乾地黃ㆍ遠志ㆍ牛膝ㆍ菟絲子ㆍ枸杞子ㆍ甘菊ㆍ枳殼ㆍ地骨皮ㆍ當歸各等分. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 空心酒下五七十丸. 《養老》

Translation

Treats dim eyes in the aged. Prepared rehmannia, dried raw rehmannia, polygala, achyranthes, cuscuta, lycium fruit, chrysanthemum, bitter orange, lycium root bark and Korean angelica in equal parts. Powder them, make honey pills the size of parasol-tree seeds, and take fifty to seventy on an empty stomach with wine. — Yangnobongchinseo 養老 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ten medicinals in equal parts from the book on caring for the elderly — enriching, with polygala and bitter orange the only two that are not. Nothing in it is aimed at the eye's surface, which is the chapter's position on old age: the eye dims because the water below has gone, and that is where to treat it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.