Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Divide the Qi Drink

Bunggi-eum

한글 분기음 · Pinyin Fen Qi Yin

分氣飮

Composition 構成

Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

4 g
Chief 君
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣
Daebokpi Da Fu Pi
大腹皮 대복피 · Areca Husk

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

4 g
Assistant 佐
Banhaguk Ban Xia Qu
半夏麴 반하국 · Fermented Pinellia

4 g
Assistant 佐
Soja Zi Su Zi
蘇子 자소자 · Perilla Seed

4 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

4 g
Assistant 佐

蘇葉
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

2 g
Assistant 佐
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

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

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 54 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

Divides and frees the qi
Disperses swelling and distension and calms hasty panting

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Swelling and distension with hasty panting

Biomedical correlates

Oedema with dyspnoea
Ascites with breathlessness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治腫脹喘急. 桔梗ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ陳皮ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ大腹皮ㆍ枳殼ㆍ半夏麴ㆍ蘇子(炒)ㆍ蘇葉各一錢, 草果ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 水煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats swelling and distension with hasty panting. Platycodon, red poria, tangerine peel, mulberry root bark, areca husk, bitter orange, fermented pinellia, perilla seed (stir-fried) and perilla leaf 1 don each; tsaoko and licorice 5 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Bujong)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Named for dividing the qi rather than draining the water, and the composition follows: platycodon opens the lung above, areca husk and bitter orange move below, and perilla seed and leaf work at both ends. Only poria and mulberry root bark drain directly. The reasoning is that swelling with panting is water held up by qi that will not move, so the qi is divided and the water follows. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.