Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)
Fresh Chive Drink
Sangu-eum
한글 생구음 · Pinyin Sheng Jiu Yin
生韭飮
The chive juice is measured by the cup rather than by weight and is entered without a gram figure.
Composition 構成
- Doin桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel28 g
Chief 君 raw, 7 kernels chewed fine with the skin on - Gu韭 구 · Chinese Chive0 g
Deputy 臣 one jan of fresh chive juice, as the vehicle
Total 28 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
- Disperses static blood in the stomach duct
- Relieves pain from blood depression
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Blood depression with static blood in the stomach duct causing pain
Biomedical correlates
- Epigastric pain with a fixed
- stabbing quality
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治血鬱, 胃脘有瘀血作痛. (生)桃仁 七箇, 連皮細嚼, 以生韭汁一盞, 送下卽效. 《回春》
Translation
Treats blood depression, with static blood in the stomach duct causing pain. Seven raw peach kernels, chewed fine with the skin on, sent down with one jan of fresh chive juice — the effect is immediate.
Clinical commentary 臨床
Two ingredients and no decoction. Peach kernels chewed raw with the skin on, washed down with fresh chive juice — the whole preparation takes as long as it takes to eat. Chive juice appears in the modifications to Yukul-tang at 1.5.1 as the addition for blood depression, and this is that addition standing on its own. Fresh chive is warm and acrid and moves static blood, and taking it uncooked preserves what heat would drive off.
**Peach kernel contains amygdalin, which yields cyanide on hydrolysis, and raw unprocessed kernels carry a real toxicity risk. This preparation is recorded as a historical formula and should not be attempted.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.