Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Relax the Sinews Powder

Seogeun-san

한글 서근산 · Pinyin Shu Jin San

舒筋散

Equal parts, powdered; 2 don stirred into warm wine on an empty stomach. The source adds that achyranthes, peach kernel, and teasel root may be added, which is also effective.

Composition 構成

Hyeonhosaek Yan Hu Suo
玄胡索 현호색 · Corydalis

20 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

20 g
Chief 君
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

20 g
Deputy 臣 heart (桂心)

Total 60 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

Relaxes sinews drawn tight by a wrench
Frees the blood that has dripped and pooled at the injury

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wrenching strain with blood pooling and lumbar pain (治挫閃血瀝腰痛)
Acute strain with fixed pain
Sinew tension after injury

Biomedical correlates

Acute low back strain with muscle guarding
Lifting injury
Short-course therapy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治挫閃血瀝腰痛. 玄胡索ㆍ當歸ㆍ桂心等分, 爲末, 每二錢, 溫酒調下, 空心. 或加牛膝ㆍ桃仁ㆍ續斷, 亦效. 《得效》

Translation

Treats wrenching strain with blood pooling and lumbar pain. Corydalis, Korean angelica, and cinnamon heart, in equal parts, powdered; take 2 don stirred into warm wine on an empty stomach. Or add achyranthes, peach kernel, and teasel root, which is also effective. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Yo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The bare core — corydalis, angelica, cinnamon heart — with nothing else, and the three optional additions given at the end are a small lesson in how these formulas were used: achyranthes to lead the medicine down to the low back, peach kernel to break what has pooled, teasel root to knit the sinew. The base handles the pain; what you add depends on which part of the injury dominates. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.