Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

True Man's Iron-Dissolving Decoction

Jinin-hwacheol-tang

한글 진인화철탕 · Pinyin Zhen Ren Hua Tie Tang

眞人化鐵湯

Composition 構成

Samneung San Leng
三稜 삼릉 · Sparganium

2 g
Chief 君
Bongchul E Zhu
莪朮 봉출 · Zedoary

2 g
Chief 君
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

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

2 g
Deputy 臣
Sansa Shan Zha
山楂 산사 · Hawthorn

2 g
Assistant 佐 flesh only (山査肉)
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

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

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

2 g
Assistant 佐
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Assistant 佐
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Assistant 佐
Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

2 g
Assistant 佐
Honghwa Hong Hua
紅花 홍화 · Safflower

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

4 g
Envoy 使 2 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使 1 fruit
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

Total 39.6 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

Dissolves the hardest accumulations
Quickens the blood and moves the qi together

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

The five accumulations and six gatherings
Aggregations
concretions and lumps

Biomedical correlates

Chronic abdominal masses

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治五積六聚, 痃癖癥瘕. 三稜ㆍ蓬朮ㆍ靑皮ㆍ陳皮ㆍ山査肉ㆍ神麴ㆍ香附子ㆍ枳實ㆍ厚朴ㆍ黃連ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ桃仁ㆍ檳榔各五分, 紅花ㆍ木香ㆍ甘草各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑二棗一, 煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats the five accumulations and six gatherings, and aggregations, concretions and lumps. Sparganium, curcuma, green tangerine peel, tangerine peel, hawthorn flesh, medicated leaven, cyperus, bitter orange fruit, magnolia bark, coptis, angelica, chuanxiong, peach kernel and areca 5 pun each; safflower, costus and licorice 3 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 2 slices of ginger and 1 jujube, decoct and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Seventeen medicinals, none above 5 pun — the smallest doses in the section, in a formula whose name claims to dissolve iron. That is the section's design principle stated in a different key: a mass is ground down over time rather than driven out at once, so the doses are kept low and the formula is taken long. Angelica, chuanxiong, peach kernel and safflower give it a blood layer the other general formulas lack, which suits the indication — 痃癖癥瘕 covers the fixed and the shifting alike, and the fixed ones are the blood ones. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.