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Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Dongwon (東垣)

Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction (Distension)

Banhahubak-tang

한글 반하후박탕(창만)  ·  Pinyin Ban Xia Hou Po Tang

半夏厚朴湯

Distinct from the Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction of the Jingui Yaolue, a five-medicinal formula for plum-pit qi already registered in this database. The two share only the name; they are separated by chapter suffix.

Composition 構成

Total 36.8 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

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Distension and fullness of every kind

Biomedical correlates

  • Chronic abdominal distension
  • Ascites with dyspepsia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

通治脹滿諸證. 半夏 一錢, 厚朴 八分, 神麴 六分, 蘇木ㆍ紅花 各五分, 三稜ㆍ當歸梢ㆍ猪苓ㆍ升麻 各四分, 肉桂ㆍ蒼朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ柴胡ㆍ陳皮ㆍ(生)黃芩ㆍ草豆蔲ㆍ(生)甘草 各三分, 木香ㆍ靑皮 各二分, 吳茱萸ㆍ黃連ㆍ乾生薑 各一分, 桃仁 七箇, 昆布少許. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats all patterns of distension and fullness generally. Pinellia 1 don; magnolia bark 8 pun; medicated leaven 6 pun; sappan and safflower 5 pun each; sparganium, angelica tails, polyporus and cimicifuga 4 pun each; cinnamon bark, atractylodes lancea, white poria, alisma, bupleurum, tangerine peel, raw scutellaria, tsaoko and raw licorice 3 pun each; costus and green tangerine peel 2 pun each; evodia, coptis and dried fresh ginger 1 pun each; peach kernel 7 kernels; a little kelp. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Changman)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Twenty-five medicinals in a formula whose largest dose is one don — Dongwon's method of covering every axis at once rather than choosing between them. Sappan, safflower, peach kernel and angelica tails give it a blood layer; the Oryeong-san group drains; coptis, scutellaria and evodia balance cold against hot; cimicifuga and bupleurum lift. Kelp appears in a quantity the source does not measure, 少許, and it is the one softening medicinal in the formula — present for masses rather than for the distension itself. The Accumulations chapter uses it the same way at 1.8.3. The entry that follows at 3.6.2 tells the practitioner when to reach for this one: take Gwangchul-gwoegyeon-tang until the central fullness is halved, and if there are accumulation lumps, then take this. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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