Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)
Sulphur Decoction
Yuhwang-tang
한글 유황탕 · Pinyin Liu Huang Tang
**External use only.** Ground; 5 don per dose decocted in a bowl of water, and while still warm the affected part is repeatedly fumigated in the steam and washed — and it draws back of itself. **Note on modern practice: pelvic organ prolapse after childbirth should be assessed by an obstetric provider; pelvic floor physical therapy and, where needed, pessary or surgical management are the modern treatments. Sulphur is for external use only.**
Composition 構成
- Yuhwang硫黃 유황 · Sulphur160 g
Chief 君 - Osuyu吳茱萸 오수유 · Evodia60 g
Deputy 臣 - Tosaja菟絲子 토사자 · Cuscuta60 g
Deputy 臣 - Sasangja蛇床子 사상자 · Cnidium Fruit40 g
Assistant 佐
Total 320 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
- Draws back a prolapse that has not retracted after birth
- Applied as a warm fumigation and wash rather than taken internally
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- The birth gate not drawing back in after delivery (産後玉門不斂)
- Postpartum prolapse
- External application for the pelvic floor
Biomedical correlates
- Postpartum pelvic organ prolapse — historical management
- Vaginal laxity after delivery
- External supportive therapy
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治産後玉門不斂. 硫黃 四兩, 吳茱萸ㆍ兎絲子 各一兩半, 蛇床子 一兩. 右硏, 每五錢, 水一椀, 煎湯乘溫, 頻熏洗患處, 自斂. 《正傳》
Translation
Treats the birth gate not drawing back in after delivery. Sulphur 4 nyang; evodia and cuscuta, 1 nyang 5 don each; cnidium fruit 1 nyang. Grind the above; take 5 don each time, decoct in a bowl of water, and while the decoction is still warm fumigate and wash the affected part repeatedly — and it draws back of itself. — Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Buin)