Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Quiet the Stomach Powder

Angwi-san

한글 안위산 · Pinyin An Wei San

安胃散

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

3.2 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

3.2 g
Chief 君
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Binrang Bing Lang
檳榔 빈랑 · Areca Seed

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Banhaguk Ban Xia Qu
半夏麴 반하국 · Fermented Pinellia

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gyulhong Ju Hong
橘紅 귤홍 · Red Tangerine Peel

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3.2 g
Envoy 使

Total 44.4 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

Opens the stomach and harmonizes the centre
Stops retching and restores appetite

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Stomach not opening
with retching and no appetite

Biomedical correlates

Nausea with poor appetite
Functional dyspepsia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

開胃和中, 止嘔進食. 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ木香ㆍ檳榔ㆍ半夏麴ㆍ肉豆蔲ㆍ丁香ㆍ橘紅ㆍ藿香ㆍ靑皮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ甘草各八分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Opens the stomach and harmonizes the centre, stops retching and restores appetite. Ginseng, white atractylodes, costus, areca, fermented pinellia, nutmeg, clove, red tangerine peel, agastache, green tangerine peel, white poria and licorice 8 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Injae Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Twelve medicinals at an even 8 pun, with four aromatics — clove, agastache, nutmeg, costus — carrying the formula. Aromatics rouse a stomach that has stopped rather than force it, which is what 開胃 means here. Sagunja-tang sits inside it, so the supplementing is present but not foregrounded. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.