Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Pilyong Bang (必用方)

Quiet the Stomach Powder

Yeongwi-san

한글 영위산 · Pinyin Ning Wei San

寧胃散

The Bogam notes the alternative name 芩連芍藥湯.

Composition 構成

Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

8 g
Chief 君
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

6 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

6 g
Deputy 臣
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

6 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

6 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

roasted

Total 38 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 red and white hot dysentery

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp heat dysentery with qi stagnation

Biomedical correlates

Bacillary dysentery
Acute colitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治赤白熱痢. 白芍藥二錢, 黃芩ㆍ黃連ㆍ木香ㆍ枳殼各一錢半, 陳皮一錢, 甘草(灸) 五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 一名芩連芍藥湯. 《必用》

Translation

Treats red and white hot dysentery. White peony, 2 don; scutellaria, coptis, costus root and bitter orange, 1.5 don each; tangerine peel, 1 don; roasted licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. Also called Geumryeon-jakyak-tang. — Pilyong Bang 必用 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Scutellaria Decoction with coptis added and two qi movers, which is the Pilyong's way of covering both the heat and the tenesmus without rhubarb. For a hot dysentery that has not yet produced an accumulation needing to be purged, this is the better-judged prescription of the section — it clears and moves, and leaves the bowel alone. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.