Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)

Supplement the Qi Decoction

Bogi-tang

한글 보기탕 · Pinyin Bu Qi Tang

補氣湯

Composition 構成

Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

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

6 g
Envoy 使

3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 30 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats qi vacuity with a floating soft pulse and vexing heat at no fixed hour

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Qi vacuity — a floating soft pulse with vexing heat

Biomedical correlates

Debility with low-grade fever

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣虛脈浮軟, 煩熱無時. 黃芪二錢, 人參ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ桔梗ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 薑三片, 煎服. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats qi vacuity with a floating soft pulse and vexing heat at no fixed hour. Astragalus 2 don; ginseng, ophiopogon, platycodon and licorice 1 don each. Cut up, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct and take. — Uihak Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Maek)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Five medicinals, and the clearest example of the chapter's premise: the pulse is the indication. A floating soft pulse with heat that comes and goes is read as qi too weak to hold the surface, and treated by supplementing rather than cooling. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.