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Sparganium Decoct

Samneung-jeon

한글 삼릉전 · Pinyin San Leng Jian

三稜煎

The Deukhyo variant substitutes green tangerine peel, pinellia and barley sprout for the genkwa and halves the chief medicinals; recorded in the source text rather than registered separately.

Composition 構成

Samneung San Leng
三稜 삼릉 · Sparganium

160 g
Chief 君 4 nyang
Bongchul E Zhu
莪朮 봉출 · Zedoary

160 g
Chief 君蓬朮, 4 nyang
Wonhwa Yuan Hua
芫花 원화 · Genkwa (toxic)

40 g
Deputy 臣 1 nyang; the three steeped in 5 jan of rice vinegar in a sealed crock, roasted dry in ash embers, the sparganium and curcuma removed and the genkwa fried in the remaining vinegar until lightly scorched — TOXIC

Total 360 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

Breaks food concretion and alcohol aggregation
Dissolves blood concretion and qi lumps

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Food concretion
alcohol aggregation
blood concretion and qi lumps

Biomedical correlates

Chronic abdominal masses with dyspepsia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治食癥, 酒癖, 血瘕, 氣塊. 三稜ㆍ蓬朮各四兩, 芫花一兩, 同入磁器中, 米醋五盞浸之, 封口, 灰火煨令乾, 取出稜朮, 將芫花以餘醋炒, 令微焦, 共焙乾爲末, 醋糊和丸菉豆大. 薑湯下十五丸. 《入門》一方, 三稜ㆍ蓬朮各二兩, 靑皮ㆍ半夏ㆍ麥芽(炒) 各一兩, 米醋六升同煮, 乾焙爲末, 製法服法同上. 《得效》

Translation

Treats food concretion, alcohol aggregation, blood concretion and qi lumps. Sparganium and curcuma 4 nyang each, genkwa 1 nyang. Put them together in a porcelain vessel, steep in 5 jan of rice vinegar, seal the mouth, and roast dry in ash embers. Take out the sparganium and curcuma; fry the genkwa in the remaining vinegar until lightly scorched. Dry-roast all together, powder, make pills with vinegar paste the size of a mung bean, and take fifteen down with ginger decoction. One version: sparganium and curcuma 2 nyang each, green tangerine peel, pinellia and barley sprout (stir-fried) 1 nyang each, boiled together in 6 seung of rice vinegar and dry-roasted; preparation and dosing as above. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three medicinals cooked together in vinegar and then separated — the sparganium and curcuma are taken out and the genkwa is fried alone in what vinegar remains. Vinegar is doing double duty: it directs the pair to the liver and it moderates the genkwa, which is a drastic purgative in the kansui and euphorbia family. The Deukhyo variant drops the genkwa altogether, which makes it a safe formula and a quite different one. The chapter records both without ranking them. **The primary version contains genkwa, which is toxic and a drastic purgative. Contraindicated in pregnancy and not suitable for self-administration.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.