Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)
Chaenomeles and Evodia Decoction
Mogyu-tang
한글 목유탕 · Pinyin Mu Yu Tang
Cut and made into one packet, decocted in water and taken. **Note on modern practice: breathlessness with leg swelling is a cardiac emergency requiring immediate medical care.**
Composition 構成
- Mogwa木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince10 g
Chief 君 - Binrang檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed10 g
Chief 君 - Osuyu吳茱萸 오수유 · Evodia6 g
Deputy 臣
Total 26 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
- Answers leg qi risen into the abdomen with panting oppression
- Warms and drives downward with three ingredients
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Leg qi entering the abdomen with panting oppression at the point of death (脚氣入腹 喘悶欲死)
- Acute upward surge of leg qi
- Cold-type emergency
Biomedical correlates
- Acute decompensation with breathlessness
- Cardiac emergency of the era
- Rescue therapy
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治脚氣入腹, 喘悶欲死. 木瓜ㆍ檳榔 各二錢半, 吳茱萸 一錢半. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《入門》
Translation
Treats leg qi entering the abdomen, with panting oppression at the point of death. Chaenomeles and areca nut, 2 don 5 fun each; evodia 1 don 5 fun. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Jok)