Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Supplement the Spleen Decoction for Chronic Fright Wind

Bobi-tang

한글 보비탕 (만경풍) · Pinyin Bu Pi Tang

補脾湯

The transcription prints 醫鍳 for 醫鑑 and 蔲 for 蔻 in 肉豆蔲; 鑑 is printed here, 蔲 left as printed, both following the project's variant table. Not the Samin formula of the same name registered as bobi-tang, which is a different prescription: see the note.

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

5.2 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Chief 君
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried with wine (酒炒)
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

toxic raw; must be properly processed
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried with honey water (蜜水炒)
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Assistant 佐
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

2 g
Assistant 佐

roasted in ash (煨)
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

2 g
Assistant 佐

乾葛
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

2 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Hwangnyeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)

Total 33.2 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 chronic fright wind
Decocted as one packet and given a little at a time

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Chronic fright wind on a base of spleen and blood vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Convulsion in a malnourished, chronically diarrhoeic infant

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治慢驚風. 白朮一錢三分, 白芍藥(酒炒) 一錢, 白茯苓ㆍ半夏各七分, 陳皮ㆍ黃芪(蜜水炒)ㆍ人參ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ肉豆蔲(煨)ㆍ乾葛ㆍ神麴(炒) 各五分, 黃連(炒)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 稍稍服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats chronic fright wind. White atractylodes 1 don 3 fun; white peony (stir-fried with wine) 1 don; white poria and pinellia 7 fun each; tangerine peel, astragalus (stir-fried with honey water), ginseng, tangkuei, chuanxiong, nutmeg (roasted in ash), pueraria and medicated leaven (stir-fried) 5 fun each; coptis (stir-fried) and licorice (mix-fried) 3 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and give a little at a time. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Soa)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Not the Samin 補脾湯. That one is barley sprout and licorice at 1 nyang 5 don over ginseng, poria, tsaoko, dry ginger, magnolia bark, tangerine peel and white atractylodes — Ijung-tang and Pyeongwi-san together, for an adult spleen vacuous and cold. This one is the Uigam's, and it has fourteen drugs: 四君子湯 and most of 四物湯 laid over each other, with pinellia and tangerine peel to dry phlegm, nutmeg and medicated leaven for the stool and the appetite, pueraria to raise, and a small stir-fried coptis against the heat. Only ginseng, white atractylodes, white poria, licorice and tangerine peel are common to the two, and no weight agrees. They share a name and nothing else, so this leaf takes the chapter tail. 稍稍服 — given a little at a time, which is the one instruction in the leaf that fits the patient. A convulsing, vomiting infant cannot take a decoction in one draught. As a nourishing decoction for a wasted child this is about as sensible as the chapter gets, and it is still beside the point: what the child has lost is water and salt, and the reading is set out at sinhyo-san-soa. **Contains pinellia, which is a severe mucosal irritant unless properly processed, and the patient is a child. The text gives no dose by weight anywhere in this chapter.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.