Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Angelica Dahurica Decoction

Baekji-tang

한글 백지탕 · Pinyin Bai Zhi Tang

白芷湯

Composition 構成

Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Chief 君
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

4 g
Chief 君
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Chief 君
Yeongyo Lian Qiao
連翹 연교 · Forsythia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokjakyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

4 g
Deputy 臣

Total 28 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

Treats pain of the lower teeth — vacuity heat of the hand yang brightness with wind

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Vacuity heat with wind in the hand yang brightness — lower toothache

Biomedical correlates

Toothache
Gingivitis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

防風ㆍ荊芥ㆍ連翹ㆍ白芷ㆍ薄荷ㆍ赤芍藥ㆍ石膏各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Saposhnikovia, schizonepeta, forsythia, angelica dahurica, mint, red peony and gypsum 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Ahchi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Seven medicinals in equal parts, all of them either dispersing wind or cooling — the plainest formula in the chapter, and the counterpart to Sesin-tang for the lower jaw. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.