The Origin, Changes and Compositive Principles of Jeoryoungchajeonja-tang

The Origin, Changes and Compositive Principles of Jeoryoungchajeonja-tang Oh-Won Kwon*, Bae-Su Kim*, Ji-Won Lee*, Seung-Won Shin*, Eui-Ju Lee† *Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School Kyung Hee University. Seoul. Korea †Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine. College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University. Seoul. Korea Objectives This paper investigates the origin, the progressive changes and the constructive principles of Jeoryoungchajeonjatang(猪苓車前子湯). Methods Jeoryoungchajeonja-tang and other related prescriptions were analyzed in terms of their pathological indications, based on previous literature including Sanghannon(傷寒論), Keumkuaeyoryak(金匱要略), Donguibogam(東醫 寶鑑), DonguisusebowonᆞSasangchobongwon(東醫壽世保元ᆞ四象草本卷), DonguisusebowonᆞGabogubon (東醫壽世保元ᆞ甲午舊本), DonguisusebowonᆞSinchukbon(東醫壽世保元ᆞ辛丑本) Results and Conclusions 1) The origin of Jeoryoungchajeonja-tang is discovered in the prescriptions for Lee-su(利水), that is, Jeoryoung-tang(猪 苓湯). 2) Ohryoung-san(五苓散) introduced in DonguisusebowonᆞSasangchobongwon(東醫壽世保元ᆞ四象草本卷) progressively transformed into Shihosaryoung-san(柴胡四苓散)(DonguisusebowonᆞGabogubon(東醫壽世保元 ᆞ甲午舊本)) and ultimately into Jeoryoungchajeonja-tang(DonguisusebowonᆞSinchukbon(東醫壽世保元ᆞ 辛丑本)), a prescription appropriate for usage in the Mangeum symptomatology(亡陰證). 3) The Jeoryoungchajeonja-tang is composed of 10 herbs. Of these, Notopterygium incisum Ting(羌活), Aralia cordata Thunb.(獨活), Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq.(荊芥), Saposhnikovia divaricata Schischk.(防風) make the Pyoeum(表陰) drop, and Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bge.(知母), Gypsum fibrosum(石膏) scatter the uihwa(胃火), and Poria cocos Wolf.(茯苓), Alisma canaliculatum(澤瀉), Polyporus umbellatus Fr.(猪苓), Plantago asiatica L.(車前子) facilitate urination.