Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Japjeo (雜著)

Jeoljae's Transform Phlegm Pill

Jeoljaehwadam-hwan

한글 절재화담환 · Pinyin Jie Zhai Hua Tan Wan

節齋化痰丸

Source annotation 《雜著》 refers to the Myeongui Japjeo (明醫雜著). No prior entry in the database uses this source; the form Japjeo (雜著) is entered here as a new value.

Composition 構成

Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

40 g
Chief 君
Haebun Hai Fen
海粉 해분 · Sea Hare Egg Mass

40 g
Chief 君
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

40 g
Deputy 臣 broad lamina, wine-fried (片芩酒炒)
Gwaruin Gua Lou Ren
瓜蔞仁 과루인 · Trichosanthes Seed

40 g
Deputy 臣
Gyulhong Ju Hong
橘紅 귤홍 · Red Tangerine Peel

40 g
Assistant 佐
Mangcho Mang Xiao
芒硝 망초 · Mirabilite

20 g
Assistant 佐
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

20 g
Assistant 佐 salt-water fried (鹽水炒)
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

20 g
Assistant 佐
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

20 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongdae Qing Dai
靑黛 청대 · Natural Indigo

8 g
Assistant 佐

Total 288 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

Softens and dissolves old, gluey phlegm
Moistens dryness and clears depressed fire

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Depressed phlegm and old phlegm, sticky and hard to expectorate
Dry throat and mouth
Cough and panting with haste
Withered hair and bone-white complexion

Biomedical correlates

Chronic bronchitis with tenacious sputum
Persistent dry cough with thick phlegm

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

專治鬱痰, 老痰, 膠固稠粘, 難於咯唾. 天門冬ㆍ片芩(酒炒)ㆍ瓜蔞仁ㆍ橘紅ㆍ海粉各一兩, 芒硝ㆍ香附子(鹽水炒)ㆍ䓀莄ㆍ連翹各五錢, 靑黛二錢. 右爲末, 煉蜜, 入薑汁少許, 和丸櫻桃大, 細嚼一丸, 淸湯送下. 或如黍米大, 淡薑湯下五七十丸. 《雜著》

Translation

Specifically treats depressed phlegm and old phlegm, gluey and hard to bring up. Asparagus, scutellaria (broad lamina, wine-fried), trichosanthes seed, red tangerine peel and sea hare egg mass 1 nyang each; mirabilite, cyperus (salt-water fried), platycodon and forsythia 5 don each; indigo 2 don. Powder them, work into refined honey with a little ginger juice, and form pills the size of a cherry; chew one thoroughly and send it down with clear broth. Or make them millet-sized and take fifty to seventy with weak ginger decoction. — Japjeo 雜著 (Donguibogam · Damum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Old phlegm that has sat long enough to turn gluey will not yield to drying, which is why there is no pinellia and no arisaema anywhere in this formula. Sea hare egg mass, mirabilite and indigo are all salty or cold softening agents — the classical answer to hardness is to soften it, not to dry it further. Asparagus and trichosanthes moisten at the same time, which sounds contradictory in a phlegm formula until you notice that the phlegm here is described as dry and stuck rather than wet and pooling. The cherry-sized pill chewed slowly is a delivery choice, keeping the medicine in contact with the throat where the trouble sits. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.