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Medicated Leaven Wine

Singuk-ju

한글 신국주 · Pinyin Shen Qu Jiu

神麴酒

One lump of medicated leaven about the size of a fist is burnt until it glows red through, then quenched in two large cups of good wine; the wine is drunk down at once, and one lies face up a short while and is at ease. The source adds that taking Cheongah-won down with this wine is even better.

Composition 構成

Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

120 g
Chief 君 one lump about the size of a fist, burnt until glowing red

Total 120 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

Answers a fresh wrench with a single lump of leaven quenched in wine
Settles the pain on lying down

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wrenching strain lumbar pain (治挫閃腰痛)
Acute strain requiring immediate relief
Single-dose emergency preparation

Biomedical correlates

Acute low back strain
Immediate relief measure — historical
Single-dose therapy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治挫閃腰痛. 神麴一塊約如拳大, 燒令通赤, 好酒二大盞淬酒中, 便飮之令盡, 仰臥少頃卽安. 或以此酒呑靑娥元, 尤妙. 《得效》

Translation

Treats wrenching strain lumbar pain. One lump of medicated leaven about the size of a fist, burnt until it glows red through; quench it in two large cups of good wine and drink it all down at once, then lie face up a short while and one is at ease. Or take Cheongah-won down with this wine, which is even better. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Yo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

One ingredient and a technique — a fist-sized lump of leaven heated until it glows, dropped into wine, and the wine drunk while it is still charged. Then lie down. Whatever the pharmacology, the instruction has the shape of something that worked often enough to be written down: heat, alcohol, and rest, applied within minutes of the injury. The suggestion to wash down Cheongah-won with the same wine is the chapter combining its acute and its constitutional treatment in a single act. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.