Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Taepyeong Hyeminhwajebang (太平惠民和劑局方)

Expel Wind Decoction

Baepung-tang

한글 배풍탕 · Pinyin Pai Feng Tang

排風湯

Composition 構成

Dokhwal Du Huo
獨活 독활 · Aralia

4 g
Chief 君
Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

4 g
Chief 君
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

3.2 g
Chief 君
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekseonpi Bai Xian Pi
白鮮皮 백선피 · Dictamnus Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

3.2 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits

Total 39.6 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 wind striking the five viscera with the spirit distracted and vague
Treats the hands and feet insensible and the mouth and eye deviated

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind striking the viscera with clouded spirit
Wind stroke with hemiplegia

Biomedical correlates

Stroke with impaired consciousness
Hemiplegia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風中五藏, 精神恍惚, 手足不仁, 口眼喎斜. 獨活ㆍ麻黃ㆍ赤茯苓各一錢, 白朮ㆍ肉桂ㆍ川芎ㆍ杏仁ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ防風ㆍ當歸ㆍ甘草各八分, 白鮮皮五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三ㆍ棗二, 水煎服. 《局方》

Translation

Treats wind striking the five viscera, with the spirit distracted and vague, the hands and feet insensible, and the mouth and eye deviated. Pubescent angelica, ephedra and red poria, 1 don each; white atractylodes, cassia bark, chuanxiong, apricot kernel, white peony, saposhnikovia, tangkuei and licorice, 8 fun each; dictamnus bark, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add three of ginger and two jujubes, and decoct in water. — Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The Gukbang's formula for the gravest of the three strokes, wind in the viscera, and its composition is Soseungmyeong-tang's minus the aconite and plus dictamnus bark. The substitution is telling: aconite for a patient already unconscious was evidently thought too much, and dictamnus — a wind-damp drug used mostly for the skin — is the mildest possible replacement. The next entry is the Uigam's reworking of this same formula. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.