Prolong Years and Guard Life Elixir

Pattern-based

• The thirty-six kinds of accumulation and twenty-four kinds of qi disorder
• Blood accumulation and worm accumulation

Biomedical correlates

• Refractory abdominal masses
• Intestinal parasitosis

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治三十六般積, 二十四般氣, 及血積ㆍ蟲積. 大黃 十兩(半生半醋浸, 切作片焙乾), 黑丑(頭末) 一兩, 蓬朮ㆍ三稜(幷炮)ㆍ芫花ㆍ鱉甲(醋灸) 各五錢, 陳皮 二錢半(與芫花同醋浸一宿焙乾), 沒藥ㆍ乳香ㆍ輕粉 各一錢. 右爲末, 蜜和搗千杵, 每一兩分作四丸, 細嚼一丸, 溫水送下, 臨臥時, 明早取下惡物爲效, 三日只喫白粥將息, 忌生冷油膩. 《類聚》

Translation

Treats the thirty-six kinds of accumulation, the twenty-four kinds of qi disorder, and blood accumulation and worm accumulation. Rhubarb 10 nyang, half raw and half vinegar-steeped, sliced and dry-roasted; black morning glory seed, first milling only, 1 nyang; curcuma and sparganium (both blast-fried), genkwa and turtle carapace (vinegar mix-fried) 5 don each; tangerine peel 2.5 don, vinegar-steeped overnight with the genkwa and dry-roasted; myrrh, frankincense and calomel 1 don each. Powder them, work with honey and pound a thousand strokes; divide each nyang into four pills. Chew one thoroughly and send it down with warm water at bedtime; foul matter passed the next morning is the sign of effect. For three days eat only white congee and rest, avoiding raw, cold, oily and greasy foods. — Yuchwi 類聚 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)