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

Clear Phlegm and Normalize Qi Decoction

Cheongdam-sungi-tang

한글 청담순기탕 · Pinyin Qing Tan Shun Qi Tang

淸痰順氣湯

The two aromatics, costus and aquilaria, are added as powders to the finished decoction rather than boiled, to preserve their volatile constituents.

Composition 構成

Namseong Tian Nan Xing
天南星 천남성 · Arisaema

4 g
Chief 君

toxic
Gwaruin Gua Lou Ren
瓜蔞仁 과루인 · Trichosanthes Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

4 g
Deputy 臣
Paemo Bei Mu
貝母 패모 · Fritillaria

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

4 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

4 g
Assistant 佐
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2.4 g
Assistant 佐

wine-fried
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2.4 g
Assistant 佐

wine-fried
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.4 g
Envoy 使
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

2 g
Envoy 使

powdered
Chimhyang Chen Xiang
沈香 침향 · Agarwood

2 g
Envoy 使

powdered
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

three slices

Total 43.2 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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 wind striking the channels and network vessels with facial deviation
Clears phlegm heat and normalizes the qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm heat in the channels with facial deviation
Wind phlegm with heat in the network vessels

Biomedical correlates

Bell's palsy
Facial nerve palsy

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風中經絡, 口眼喎斜. 南星ㆍ瓜蔞仁ㆍ荊芥穗ㆍ貝母ㆍ陳皮ㆍ蒼朮ㆍ官桂ㆍ防風各一錢, 黃連ㆍ黃芩(並酒炒)ㆍ甘草各六分. 右剉, 入薑三片, 水煎, 入木香ㆍ沉香末各五分, 調服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats wind striking the channels and network vessels with deviation of the mouth and eye. Arisaema, trichosanthes seed, schizonepeta spike, fritillaria, tangerine peel, atractylodes lancea, cassia bark and saposhnikovia, 1 don each; coptis and scutellaria, both wine-fried, and licorice, 6 fun each. Cut up, add three slices of ginger, decoct in water, then stir in 5 fun each of powdered costus and aquilaria and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Pung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The phlegm-heat reading of facial palsy, and the formula is built to match it: arisaema, trichosanthes seed and fritillaria to move thick phlegm, wine-fried coptis and scutellaria to take the heat out of it, and the two aromatics stirred in at the end to move the qi that holds it. Wine-frying the bitter cold drugs is the detail worth noticing — it blunts their cold and directs them upward to the face, which is exactly what a formula for a facial complaint needs. Cassia bark among all this cooling is the Hoechun's hedge against driving the condition inward. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.