Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Gihyo Yangbang (奇效良方)

Subdue Phlegm Pill

Jeokdam-hwan

한글 적담환 · Pinyin Di Tan Wan

敵痰丸

Composition 構成

Heukchuk Hei Chou
黑丑 흑축 · Black Morning Glory Seed

120 g
Chief 君 first-milled powder only (取頭末), 3 nyang
Jogak Zao Jiao
皂角 조각 · Gleditsia Pod

80 g
Deputy 臣 butter-roasted (酥灸), 2 nyang
Baekban Bai Fan
白礬 백반 · Alum

40 g
Assistant 佐 calcined dry (枯)
Banhaguk Ban Xia Qu
半夏麴 반하국 · Fermented Pinellia

40 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

40 g
Assistant 佐 white pith removed (去白)

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

Drives phlegm-rheum downward and out
Cuts through stubborn phlegm

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm-rheum in general use
Stubborn phlegm accumulation

Biomedical correlates

Phlegm retention with constipation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治痰飮通用. 黑牽牛子(取頭末) 三兩, 皂角(酥灸) 二兩, 白礬(枯)ㆍ半夏麴ㆍ陳皮(去白) 各一兩. 右爲末, 水丸梧子大, 薑湯下四五十丸. 《奇效》

Translation

Treats phlegm-rheum, in general use. Black morning glory seed, first-milled powder only, 3 nyang; gleditsia pod (butter-roasted) 2 nyang; alum (calcined dry), fermented pinellia and tangerine peel (white pith removed) 1 nyang each. Powder them, make water pills the size of a firmiana seed, and take forty or fifty down with ginger decoction. — Gihyo Yangbang 奇效 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Morning glory seed to drive downward, gleditsia pod and alum to cut through what is stuck. Gleditsia pod appears throughout the chapter as a processing agent, soaking or boiling other medicinals, and here it is finally used as a medicinal in its own right — butter-roasted, which moderates its harshness. **Contains a drastic purgative; not for use in pregnancy or in depleted patients.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.