Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Donguibogam · Naegyeong (Urine)

Eight Corrections Powder

Paljeong-san

한글 팔정산 · Pinyin Ba Zheng San

八正散

Composition 構成

Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

4 g
Chief 君
Gumaek Qu Mai
瞿麥 구맥 · Dianthus

4 g
Chief 君
Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

4 g
Deputy 臣
Pyeonchuk Bian Xu
萹蓄 편축 · Knotweed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

4 g
Deputy 臣
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

4 g
Assistant 佐
Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使
Deungsim Deng Xin Cao
燈心草 등심초 · Rush Pith

1 g
Envoy 使

Total 33 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 heat and drains fire through urination
Unblocks painful urinary dribbling

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp-heat pouring into the Bladder
Burning painful frequent urination
Dark scanty urine with lower abdominal fullness

Biomedical correlates

Acute urinary tract infection (adjunctive)
Cystitis with burning urination
Urethritis-type presentations

Clinical commentary 臨床

Eight herbs all pointed at one gate — the standard classical answer to burning urination. Strictly for excess damp-heat; recurrent deficiency-type urinary complaints call for tonifying strategies instead. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.