Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Bomyeongjip (保命集)
Peony Decoction
Jagyak-tang
한글 작약탕 · Pinyin Shao Yao Tang
The Bogam gives this formula in the Stool chapter under Pus and Blood Dysentery, citing Yeokro; it is the Bomyeongjip formula under which it is registered here.
Composition 構成
- Baekjagyak白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony12 g
Chief 君 - Danggwi當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica6 g
Deputy 臣 - Hwangnyeon黃連 황련 · Coptis6 g
Deputy 臣 - Hwanggeum黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria6 g
Deputy 臣 - Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb4 g
Assistant 佐 - Mokhyang木香 목향 · Costus Root3 g
Assistant 佐 - Billang檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed3 g
Assistant 佐 - Yukgye肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark2 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice3 g
Envoy 使
Total 45 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
- Clears damp-heat from the intestines
- Regulates Qi and Blood to relieve dysenteric pain and tenesmus
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Damp-heat dysentery with blood and pus
- Abdominal pain with urgency and heaviness at the anus
- Burning defecation with scanty dark urine
Biomedical correlates
- Inflammatory dysenteric diarrhea
- IBD flares with blood and mucus (adjunctive)
- Tenesmus-dominant colitis patterns
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治痢, 溲澁而便膿血. 令行血則便膿自愈, 調氣則後重自除, 此藥是也. 白芍藥 二錢, 黃連ㆍ條芩ㆍ當歸尾 各一錢, 大黃 七分, 木香ㆍ檳榔ㆍ桂心ㆍ甘草 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《易老》
Translation
Treats dysentery with the urine inhibited and pus and blood in the stool. Make the blood move and the pus in the stool heals of itself; regulate the qi and the dragging-down behind is removed of itself — this is that medicine. White peony, 2 don; coptis, scutellaria and tangkuei tails, 1 don each; rhubarb, 7 fun; costus root, areca, cassia heartwood and licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. — Yeokro 易老 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)