Supplement the Yang Decoction

Boyang-tang

한글 보양탕 · Pinyin Bu Yang Tang

補陽湯

The Bogam prescribes this formula and Yeonbaek-ikeum-hwan as a morning-and-evening pair; both entries carry the instruction.

Composition 構成

Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

6 g
Chief 君

1 don 5 pun
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Chief 君

5 pun
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2 g
Chief 君

5 pun
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Dokhwal Du Huo
獨活 독활 · Aralia

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

1.2 g
Deputy 臣

3 pun
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

1.2 g
Deputy 臣

3 pun
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

1.2 g
Deputy 臣

3 pun
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

1.2 g
Deputy 臣

3 pun
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

3 pun
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

3 pun
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

3 pun
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

3 pun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

5 pun
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

0.4 g
Envoy 使

1 pun

Total 30 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 the bladder
liver and kidney channels constrained and blocked so that they do not reach the eye
with a blue-white screen appearing at the outer corner

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Channel constraint with a blue-white screen
Clear yang failing to reach the eye

Biomedical correlates

Peripheral corneal opacity

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治膀胱ㆍ肝腎經鬱遏不通於目, 靑白瞖見大眥. 柴胡一錢半, 羌活ㆍ獨活ㆍ人參ㆍ甘草ㆍ熟地黃ㆍ白朮ㆍ黃芪各五分, 澤瀉ㆍ陳皮ㆍ防風ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ生地黃ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ知母ㆍ當歸各三分, 肉桂一分. 右剉作一貼, 空心水煎服. 淸晨服補陽湯, 臨卧服連栢益陰丸. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats the bladder, liver and kidney channels constrained and blocked so that they do not reach the eye, with a blue-white screen appearing at the outer corner. Bupleurum 1 don 5 pun; notopterygium, angelica pubescens, ginseng, licorice, prepared rehmannia, white atractylodes and astragalus 5 pun each; alisma, tangerine peel, saposhnikovia, white peony, raw rehmannia, poria, anemarrhena and Korean angelica 3 pun each; cinnamon 1 pun. Cut up as one packet and decoct in water; take on an empty stomach. Take Boyang-tang at dawn and Yeonbaek-ikeum-hwan at bedtime. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The morning half of a day-and-night pair, and the pairing is the whole method: lift and supplement at dawn, drain and enrich at bedtime. Seventeen medicinals in very small weights with bupleurum three times the next largest — Dongwon aiming a Bojungikgi-tang variant at the outer corner of the eye. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.