Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Moisten the Intestine Decoction (Old and Depleted)

Yunjang-tang

한글 윤장탕 (노인허인) · Pinyin Run Chang Tang

潤腸湯

A different 潤腸湯 from the Dansim's four-ingredient formula earlier in this same section.

Composition 構成

Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

40 g
Chief 君
Cheongyu Qing You
淸油 청유 · Clear Sesame Oil

20 g
Chief 君

sesame oil
Bakcho Pu Xiao
朴硝 박초 · Crude Mirabilite

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Deputy 臣

a pinch

Total 60 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 stool shut and bound in the old and the depleted

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Fluid dryness with obstructed stool in the aged

Biomedical correlates

Constipation in the elderly

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治老人ㆍ虛人大便閉結. 蜂蜜一兩, 香油五錢, 朴硝一撮. 右合水一鍾, 煎數沸, 溫服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats the stool shut and bound in the old and the depleted. Honey, 1 nyang; sesame oil, 5 don; crude mirabilite, a pinch. Combine with a bowl of water, bring to the boil several times, and take warm. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three ingredients, none of them a drug in any strict sense: honey, sesame oil and a pinch of sodium sulphate in hot water. That is an osmotic laxative with a lubricant and a sweetener, and it is close to what a pharmacy would dispense for the same complaint now. Of everything in this chapter it is the formula that has aged best. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.