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Saposhnikovia and Tangkuei Powder for Tetany from Sweating

Bangpung-danggwi-san

한글 방풍당귀산 · Pinyin Fang Feng Dang Gui San

防風當歸散

Registered with the chapter suffix to distinguish it from the Haejang's 防風當歸散 for postpartum tetany, which has cooked rehmannia in place of raw.

Composition 構成

Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

10 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

10 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

10 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

10 g
Deputy 臣

Total 40 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 tetany arising from excessive sweating
Nourishes the blood and dispels the residual wind

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood vacuity from excessive sweating with tetany
Sinew contracture after fluid loss

Biomedical correlates

Tetany after dehydration
Iatrogenic tetany

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治發汗過多成痓. 防風ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ生地黃各二錢半. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats tetany arising from sweating induced excessively. Saposhnikovia, tangkuei, chuanxiong and raw rehmannia, 2 don 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. — Uihak Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four drugs in equal measure, and the only difference from the Haejang's postpartum version is raw rehmannia for cooked — which is exactly the right adjustment, since a patient dried out by induced sweating needs fluid replaced rather than blood built. The aetiology is again iatrogenic, as with Baekchul-bangpung-tang, and the two entries together make the section's quiet point: a good deal of the tetany these physicians saw was their own sweating method. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.