Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Running Piglet Decoction

Bundon-tang

한글 분돈탕 · Pinyin Ben Tun Tang

奔豚湯

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Chief 君
Gamnigeunpi Gan Li Gen Pi
甘李根皮 감리근피 · Plum Root Bark

4 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

6 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

6 g
Deputy 臣
Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

4 g
Assistant 佐乾葛
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

2.8 g
Assistant 佐芍藥
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使 2 fruits
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.8 g
Envoy 使

Total 50.4 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

Downbears qi surging from the lower abdomen
Harmonizes the liver and blood
Settles the counterflow of fright

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Kidney accumulation with qi rising from the lower abdomen to the throat
Attacks in which the patient feels they will die
then subsiding
Arising from fright and terror

Biomedical correlates

Panic attacks with abdominal surging
Functional oesophageal spasm

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治腎積. 半夏二錢, 川芎ㆍ當歸各一錢半, 甘李根皮ㆍ乾葛各一錢, 黃芩ㆍ芍藥ㆍ甘草各七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 水煎, 空心服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats kidney accumulation. Pinellia 2 don; chuanxiong and angelica 1.5 don each; plum root bark and pueraria 1 don each; scutellaria, peony and licorice 7 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take on an empty stomach. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Zhongjing's formula, and the same kidney accumulation that Bundon-hwan attacks with croton frost and aconite is here treated with no purgative whatever. Plum root bark is the signature medicinal and appears nowhere else in this chapter; it is cold and specifically downbears surging qi. The rest is a blood-harmonizing set with pinellia to settle the counterflow. The two formulas together make the section's point better than any single passage. Running piglet arises from fright, the qi rushes up and subsides, and there is nothing solid to attack — so a formula that attacks and a formula that settles are both offered, and the practitioner chooses by whether a mass can actually be felt. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.