Supplement the Lung Decoction

Bopye-tang

한글 보폐탕 · Pinyin Bu Fei Tang

補肺湯

Composition 構成

Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

12 g
Chief 君

honey-fried
Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

12 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jawan Zi Wan
紫菀 자완 · Aster Root

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

4 g
Deputy 臣
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

4 g
Assistant 佐
Bongmil Feng Mi
蜂蜜 봉밀 · Honey

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Envoy 使

a spoonful, stirred in before taking

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats taxation cough

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taxation cough with lung and kidney vacuity

Biomedical correlates

Chronic cough with debility

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治勞嗽. 桑白皮(蜜炒)ㆍ熟地黃各三錢, 人參ㆍ紫菀ㆍ黃芪ㆍ五味子各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 入蜜一匙服. 《丹心》

Translation

Treats taxation cough. Honey-fried mulberry root bark and prepared rehmannia, 3 don each; ginseng, aster, astragalus and schisandra, 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water, stir in a spoonful of honey and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Six drugs, and the two at 3 don are the whole design: honey-fried mulberry root bark for the lung above and prepared rehmannia for the kidney below. That pairing is the chapter's answer to 3.14, where cough with rising qi is traced to kidney vacuity — the lung is treated where the cough is heard and the kidney where it comes from. The remaining four are an ordinary qi-supplementing set with schisandra to hold the lung in. Of the taxation-cough formulas it is the shortest and the one most often used; honey stirred in at the end both sweetens it and moistens the throat. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.