Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Hwaje Gukbang (和劑局方)

Secretly Transmitted Downbear the Qi Decoction

Bijeongangi-tang

한글 비전강기탕 · Pinyin Mi Chuan Jiang Qi Tang

秘傳降氣湯

Composition 構成

Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

4 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Deputy 臣
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

2 g
Deputy 臣
Banhaguk Ban Xia Qu
半夏麴 반하국 · Fermented Pinellia

1.2 g
Deputy 臣

半夏麴
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jigolpi Di Gu Pi
地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Ogapi Wu Jia Pi
五加皮 오가피 · Acanthopanax

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Golswaebo Gu Sui Bu
骨碎補 골쇄보 · Drynaria

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

訶子皮, the rind
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

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

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

—
Envoy 使

紫蘇, three leaves

Total 26.4 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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

Downbears qi ascent where the qi neither rises nor descends
Treats dizziness of head and eyes with weakness of lumbus and legs

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi ascent
and the qi neither rising nor descending
with the head and eyes clouded and dizzy and the lumbus and legs without strength

Biomedical correlates

Dyspnoea with dizziness and weakness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治上氣及氣不升降, 頭目昏眩, 腰脚無力. 桑白皮一錢, 陳皮ㆍ枳殼ㆍ柴胡ㆍ甘草(灸) 各五分, 地骨皮ㆍ五加皮ㆍ骨碎補ㆍ訶子皮ㆍ草果ㆍ䓀莄ㆍ半夏麴各三分. 右剉, 薑三片, 紫蘇三葉, 水煎服. 《局方》

Translation

Treats qi ascent, and the qi neither rising nor descending, with the head and eyes clouded and dizzy and the lumbus and legs without strength. Mulberry root bark 1 don; tangerine peel, bitter orange, bupleurum and licorice (mix-fried) 5 pun each; lycium root bark, acanthopanax, drynaria, chebula rind, tsaoko, platycodon and pinellia leaven 3 pun each. Cut up, add 3 slices of ginger and three perilla leaves, decoct in water and take. — Hwaje Gukbang 局方 (Donguibogam · Gi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

氣不升降 — the qi neither rising nor descending — with the head dizzy and the legs weak. The formula is for a patient whose breath is short and whose limbs are heavy at once, and it downbears at the lung with mulberry bark while it strengthens the lower body with acanthopanax and drynaria. Twelve medicinals is large for this chapter, and the Gukbang's name says the formula was valued enough to be kept secret. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.