Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)
Three Marvels Pill
Sammyo-hwan
한글 삼묘환 · Pinyin San Miao Wan
Powdered and bound with a flour paste into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; 50–70 pills with a ginger-and-salt decoction.
Composition 構成
- Changchul蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes240 g
Chief 君 soaked in rice water - Hwangbaek黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron160 g
Chief 君 wine-fried - Useul牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes80 g
Envoy 使
Total 480 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Clears damp heat that has flowed down into both legs
- Leads the clearing downward with achyranthes
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Damp heat flowing downward with both legs numb wooden and wilting weak (濕熱下流 兩脚麻木痿弱)
- Or a heat as though branded with fire
- Damp heat of the lower limbs
Biomedical correlates
- Leg numbness with burning
- Damp-heat neuropathy-type presentations
- Lower limb inflammation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治濕熱下流, 兩脚麻木痿弱, 或如火烙之熱. 蒼朮(泔浸) 六兩, 黃柏(酒炒) 四兩, 牛膝 二兩. 右爲末, 麪糊和丸梧子大, 薑鹽湯下五七十丸. 《正傳》
Translation
Treats damp heat flowing downward, with both legs numb and wooden, wilting and weak, or with a heat as though branded with fire. Atractylodes soaked in rice water 6 nyang; wine-fried phellodendron 4 nyang; achyranthes 2 nyang. Powder the above and bind with a flour paste into pills the size of parasol-tree seeds; take 50–70 pills with a ginger-and-salt decoction. — Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Jok)