Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)

Stephania Decoction

Banggi-tang

한글 방기탕 · Pinyin Fang Ji Tang

防己湯

Cut and made into one packet with 5 slices of ginger, decocted in water and taken. Note on modern practice: sudden or severe swelling in pregnancy requires prompt obstetric evaluation.

Composition 構成

Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

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

8 g
Chief 君
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

8 g
Deputy 臣
Bangi Fang Ji
防己 방기 · Sinomenium

6 g
Deputy 臣
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

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

10 g
Envoy 使 5 slices

Total 42 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

Frees the water that swells the pregnant body
Downs the panting Qi as the flood is drained

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Child swelling with distension and panting (子腫)
Water retention pressing upward on the chest
Edema of the later months

Biomedical correlates

Edema in pregnancy with breathlessness
Fluid retention presentations
Supportive gestational care

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治同上. 桑白皮ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ紫蘇葉各二錢, 防己一錢半, 木香五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑五片, 水煎服. 《綱目》

Translation

Treats the same as the above. Mulberry root bark, red poria, and perilla leaf, 2 don each; stephania 1.5 don; aucklandia 5 fun. Cut the above, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The drier, more upward-facing sibling of the carp broth — mulberry bark and perilla leaf opening the lung above so the water below has somewhere to go. When the swelling has begun to press on the breath, the chapter treats the chest before the ankles. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.