Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Hwarin (活人)
Pinellia, Cinnamon and Licorice Decoction
Banhagyegam-tang
한글 반하계감탕 · Pinyin Ban Xia Gui Gan Tang
半夏桂甘湯
Composition 構成
- Banha半夏 반하 · Pinellia8 g
Chief 君ginger-processed (薑製), 2 don
- Gyeji桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig8 g
Chief 君2 don
- Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger10 g
Envoy 使5 slices
- Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice8 g
Envoy 使2 don
Total 34 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 kidney cold damage with throat pain — taken cold and slowly
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Lesser yin cold damage — sore throat
Biomedical correlates
- Sore throat in a cold illness
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治腎傷寒咽痛. 半夏(薑製)ㆍ桂枝ㆍ甘草 各二錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑 五片同煎, 候冷徐徐服之. 《活人》
Translation
Treats kidney cold damage with throat pain. Pinellia (ginger-processed), cinnamon twig and licorice 2 don each. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger and decoct together; let it grow cold and take slowly. — Hwarin 活人 (Donguibogam · Inhu)
Clinical commentary 臨床
候冷徐徐服 — let it cool and take it slowly. A warm formula given cold, because a hot decoction on a raw throat is unbearable; Zhongjing gives the same instruction for his lesser yin throat formulas. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.