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KMID : 0861020120270010017
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Korea Journal of Herbology
2012 Volume.27 No. 1 p.17 ~ p.25
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Hyeongok’s Formulas for Purging Five Viscera and their Ingredients Compatibility of the Properties and Tastes in Herbal Medicines
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Shin Soon-Shik
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Abstract
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Objectives: The objectives of this study lie in theoretical establishment of formulas for purging five viscera for
curing the sthenic syndrome of five viscera through analyzing the component medicines and combination
principles of Hyeongok’s formulas for purging five viscera, and furthermore, maximizing the clinical use of
them.
Methods: This study analyzed the component medicines and combination principles of Hyeongok’s formulas for
purging five viscera based on the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines from the『Yellow
Emperor’s Canon of Internal Medicine』, the theory for principal herbal medicine, assistant herbal medicine,
adjuvant herbal medicine, dispatcher herbal medicine, and the five elements doctrine. Hyeongok‘s formulas for
purging five viscera are Sagantang, Saseemtang, Sabeetang, Sapyeotang, and Pyeongshintang.
Results: There are three methods for curing the sthenic syndrome of five viscera according to the five elements
doctrine：in case of Sagantang purging the liver, purging the heart and invigorating the lung；Saseemtang,
purging the heart, purging the spleen and invigorating the kidney；Sabeetang, purging the spleen, purging the
lung and invigorating the liver；Sapyeotang, purging the lung, purging the kidney and invigorating the heart；
Pyeongshintang, purging the kidney, purging the spleen and invigorating the spleen.
Conclusions: First, to cure the sthenic syndrome of five viscera, the methods of purging five viscera, and
invigorating five viscera should be used according to the five elements doctrine. Secondly, herbal medicines
appropriate for those treatment methods should be chosen according to the theory for properties and tastes of
herbal medicine and thirdly, the combination of those herbal medicines should be carried out according to the
theory for principal herbal medicine, assistant herbal medicine, adjuvant herbal medicine, dispatcher herbal
medicine. As a good example, Hyeongok’s formulas for purging five viscera are combined according to the
above theories.
In conclusion, this formula was created by applying to the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines.
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KEYWORD
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Sagantang, Saseemtang, Sabeetang, Sapyeotang, Pyeongshintang, the theory for properties and tastes of herbal medicines
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