Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Poria and Pinellia Decoction

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한글 복령반하탕(회춘) · Pinyin Fu Ling Ban Xia Tang

茯苓半夏湯

The Bogam carries three different formulas under the name 茯苓半夏湯: the two-drug Seonmyeong formula of the Phlegm chapter, this Hoechun formula, and the Dongwon formula at 嘔吐 2.5 for wind phlegm. They share a name and nothing else.

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Chief 君
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Atractylodes Lancea

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gwakhyang Huo Xiang
藿香 곽향 · Korean Mint

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

honey-roasted
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one fruit

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients 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

Treats phlegm rheum lodged in the stomach with unceasing vomiting

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm rheum in the stomach with vomiting
Damp turbidity with cold in the middle

Biomedical correlates

Vomiting with gastric stasis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治痰飮停胃, 嘔吐不止. 半夏二錢, 赤茯苓ㆍ陳皮ㆍ蒼朮ㆍ厚朴各一錢, 藿香八分, 縮砂ㆍ乾薑ㆍ甘草(灸) 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三ㆍ梅一, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats phlegm rheum lodged in the stomach with unceasing vomiting. Pinellia, 2 don; red poria, tangerine peel, black atractylodes and magnolia bark, 1 don each; patchouli, 8 fun; cardamom, dried ginger and honey-roasted licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and one smoked plum, and decoct in water. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Guto)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ijin-tang and Pyeongwi-san run together, with dried ginger for the cold and a smoked plum at the end. It is the chapter's standard formula for the vomiting of phlegm rheum — the patient who brings up watery fluid rather than food, with a sense of something sloshing in the stomach. **Contains pinellia, which is toxic in the raw state and must be properly processed before use.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.