Formulas · Stabilize & Astringe 固澀 · Samin Bang (三因方)

Six Pillars Powder

Yukju-san

한글 육주산 · Pinyin Liu Zhu San

六柱散

Given as a modification of Saju-san rather than an independent composition.

Composition 構成

Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

5 g
Chief 君
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

5 g
Chief 君

blast-fried
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

5 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

5 g
Deputy 臣
Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

5 g
Assistant 佐
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

5 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits

Total 30 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 original viscus vacuous and cold with pain around the navel
Stops a diarrhoea that will not cease

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Kidney and spleen yang vacuity with unceasing diarrhoea
Original qi vacuous and cold

Biomedical correlates

Intractable chronic diarrhoea

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治元藏虛冷, 臍腹痛, 泄瀉不止. 四柱散本方加訶子ㆍ肉豆蔲等分, 剉, 水煎服. 《三因》

Translation

Treats the original viscus vacuous and cold, with pain around the navel and a diarrhoea that will not stop. To the Saju-san base formula add chebula and nutmeg in equal part; cut up and decoct in water. — Samin Bang 三因 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The four pillars with chebula and nutmeg making six, and the two additions are both binders — so the formula is Saju-san for a stool that has stopped responding to warming alone. The Bogam's habit of presenting these as a named family rather than separate prescriptions lets a reader see the escalation: four pillars to warm, six to warm and bind, eight (below) to warm, bind and astringe with poppy husk. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.