Formulas · Dispel Wind-Damp 祛風濕 · Samin (三因)
Surpassing the Steed Pill
Seungjun-hwan
한글 승준환 · Pinyin Sheng Jun Wan
Two geun of raw rehmannia are washed clean and pounded to a paste, boiled with four seung of good wine into a syrup, and worked into the powdered medicines; each nyang is made into ten pills, one taken chewed fine with wine at bedtime — or pills the size of parasol-tree seeds, 50 with wine. **Taken for half a month, one walks as though flying — hence the name Surpassing the Steed.** In winter, omit the rehmannia and use refined honey instead. **Note on modern practice: aconite is a regulated toxic medicinal; scorpion is used only under professional supervision; musk is a protected animal product and contemporary preparations substitute synthetic musk (muscone).**
Composition 構成
- Mogwa木瓜 모과 · Chinese Quince160 g
Chief 君 - Danggui當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica80 g
Deputy 臣 wine-steeped - Cheonma天麻 천마 · Gastrodia80 g
Deputy 臣 wine-steeped - Useul牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes80 g
Deputy 臣 wine-steeped - Sukjihwang熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia80 g
Deputy 臣 wine-steeped - Sanjoin酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed80 g
Assistant 佐 dry-fried - Bangpung防風 방풍 · Siler80 g
Assistant 佐 - Jeongal全蠍 전갈 · Scorpion (toxic)40 g
Assistant 佐 toxin removed - Buja附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite20 g
Assistant 佐 one piece, blast-fried, skin and navel removed - Yuhyang乳香 유향 · Frankincense20 g
Assistant 佐 - Molyak沒藥 몰약 · Myrrh20 g
Assistant 佐 - Ganghwal羌活 강활 · Notopterygium20 g
Assistant 佐 - Mokhyang木香 목향 · Costus Root20 g
Assistant 佐 - Sahyang麝香 사향 · Musk (prohibited)8 g
Assistant 佐 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice20 g
Envoy 使
Total 808 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
- Frees legs cramped and painful so that walking returns
- Removes every illness of weak legs
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Leg qi with cramping and aching pain and walking that will not follow (拘攣疼痛 行步不隨)
- Removes every illness of weak legs (去一切足弱病)
- Cold damp exuberance in the legs
Biomedical correlates
- Chronic leg weakness and cramping
- Difficulty walking with pain
- Long-course restorative therapy
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治脚氣, 拘攣疼痛, 行步不隨, 去一切足弱病. 木瓜 四兩, 當歸(酒浸)ㆍ天麻(酒浸)ㆍ牛膝(酒浸)ㆍ酸棗仁(炒)ㆍ熟地黃(酒浸)ㆍ防風 各二兩, 全蝎(去毒) 一兩, 附子 一枚(炮去皮臍), 乳香ㆍ沒藥ㆍ羌活ㆍ木香ㆍ甘草 各五錢, 麝香 二錢. 右爲末, 生地黃 二斤洗淨杵爛如泥, 好酒四升同煮如膏, 和前藥擣令堅, 每一兩作十丸, 每取一丸, 臨睡細嚼酒下. 或丸如梧子, 酒下五十丸亦可. 服至半月, 行步如飛, 故名曰勝駿. 《三因》
Translation
Treats leg qi with cramping and aching pain and walking that will not follow, and removes every illness of weak legs. Chaenomeles 4 nyang; wine-steeped Korean angelica, wine-steeped gastrodia, wine-steeped achyranthes, dry-fried sour jujube seed, wine-steeped prepared rehmannia, and saposhnikovia, 2 nyang each; scorpion with the toxin removed, 1 nyang; aconite, one piece, blast-fried with skin and navel removed; frankincense, myrrh, notopterygium, aucklandia, and licorice, 5 don each; musk 2 don. Powder the above; wash two geun of raw rehmannia clean, pound it to a paste, boil it with four seung of good wine into a syrup, work it into the medicines and pound firm; make ten pills from each nyang, and take one at bedtime, chewed fine and washed down with wine — or form pills the size of parasol-tree seeds and take 50 with wine. Taken for half a month, one walks as though flying, and hence the name Surpassing the Steed. — Samin 三因 (Donguibogam · Jok)