Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Dansim (丹心)
Minor Stomach Elixir
Sowi-dan
한글 소위단 · Pinyin Xiao Wei Dan
Composition 構成
- Wonhwa芫花 원화 · Genkwa (toxic)20 g
Chief 君 steeped overnight in vinegar and stir-fried black (醋浸一宿炒黑) - Gamsu甘遂 감수 · Kansui (toxic)20 g
Chief 君 wrapped in dough and roasted through, steeped in water half a day and sun-dried - Daegeuk大戟 대극 · Peking Spurge (toxic)20 g
Chief 君 boiled in running water and sun-dried (長流水煮曬乾) - Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb40 g
Deputy 臣 wrapped in damp paper and roasted, then wine-steeped and fried through - Hwangbaek黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron80 g
Assistant 佐 stir-fried (炒), 2 nyang
Total 180 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Draws out damp phlegm and heat accumulation above the diaphragm
- Removes phlegm from the chest above and frees it from the intestines below
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Damp phlegm and heat accumulation above the diaphragm
- Wind phlegm
- heat phlegm
- damp phlegm and food accumulation phlegm
Biomedical correlates
- Phlegm retention with heat signs
- Refractory phlegm accumulation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
取膈上濕痰, 熱積, 上可取胸膈之痰, 下可利腸胃之痰. 惟胃虛少食者忌用. 又云, 治風痰ㆍ熱痰ㆍ濕痰ㆍ食積痰. 芫花(醋浸一宿炒黑)ㆍ甘遂(麪裹煨熟, 水浸半日曬乾)ㆍ大戟(長流水煮曬乾) 各五錢, 大黃(濕紙裹煨, 再用酒浸炒熟) 一兩, 黃柏(炒) 二兩. 右爲末, 粥丸麻子大, 每十丸, 臨臥, 津嚥下. 《丹心》 一方, 白朮膏和丸蘿葍子大, 臨臥, 津液嚥下二三十丸, 白湯送下.
Translation
Draws out damp phlegm and heat accumulation above the diaphragm; above it can take phlegm from the chest and diaphragm, below it can free phlegm from the intestines and stomach. Only those with a vacuous stomach and poor appetite must avoid it. It is also said to treat wind phlegm, heat phlegm, damp phlegm and food accumulation phlegm. Genkwa (steeped overnight in vinegar and stir-fried black), kansui (wrapped in dough and roasted through, then steeped in water half a day and sun-dried) and euphorbia (boiled in running water and sun-dried) 5 don each; rhubarb (wrapped in damp paper and roasted, then wine-steeped and fried through) 1 nyang; phellodendron (stir-fried) 2 nyang. Powder them, make congee pills the size of a hemp seed, and take ten at bedtime, swallowed with saliva. One version binds them with atractylodes paste into pills the size of a radish seed, twenty or thirty swallowed with saliva at bedtime and sent down with plain hot water. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Damum)