Formulas · Dispel Wind-Damp 祛風濕 · Sipsambang (十三方)

Areca and Perilla Powder

Binso-san

한글 빈소산 · Pinyin Bin Su San

檳蘇散

Cut and made into one packet with 3 slices of ginger and 3 stalks of scallion white, decocted together and taken.

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

8 g
Chief 君
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

4 g
Deputy 臣
Mogwa Mu Gua
木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince

4 g
Deputy 臣
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

4 g
Assistant 佐
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

9 g
Envoy 使 3 stalks
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

4 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 53 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

Frees the pathways of Qi in wind-damp leg qi
Eases swelling pain and cramping

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind-damp leg qi with swelling pain and cramping (風濕脚氣腫痛拘攣)
The general formula for leg qi in any channel
Legs swollen and drawn tight

Biomedical correlates

Leg swelling with cramping
General leg qi
Wind-damp of the lower limbs

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風濕脚氣, 腫痛拘攣, 用此疏通氣道. 蒼朮二錢, 香附子ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ陳皮ㆍ木瓜ㆍ檳榔ㆍ羌活ㆍ牛膝各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片ㆍ葱白三莖, 同煎服. 《十三方》

Translation

Treats wind-damp leg qi with swelling, pain, and cramping; use this to disperse and free the pathways of Qi. Atractylodes 2 don; cyperus, perilla leaf, tangerine peel, chaenomeles, areca nut, notopterygium, and achyranthes, 1 don each; licorice 5 fun. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 3 stalks of scallion white, decoct together and take. — Sipsambang 十三方 (Donguibogam · Jok)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The chapter names this as suitable for leg qi in any channel, which makes it the practical default when the pattern is not clearly localized. Its purpose is stated in the indication itself — *use this to disperse and free the pathways of Qi* — and the composition is accordingly all movers: cyperus, perilla, chaenomeles, areca. Achyranthes at the foot leads it down. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.