Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)

Clear the Metal Decoction

Cheonggeum-tang

한글 청금탕 · Pinyin Qing Jin Tang

淸金湯

鸎粟殼 — the transcription writes 鸎 for 罌; the drug is the poppy husk. The transcription reads 胷滿, printed here as 胸滿.

Composition 構成

Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2.8 g
Chief 君
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

2.8 g
Chief 君
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

rolled to pearls (珠)
Baekhap Bai He
百合 백합 · Lily Bulb

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Paemo Bei Mu
貝母 패모 · Fritillaria

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Gwandonghwa Kuan Dong Hua
款冬花 관동화 · Coltsfoot Flower

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbongnyeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Uiiin Yi Yi Ren
薏苡仁 의이인 · Coix Seed

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

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

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Aengsokgak Ying Su Ke
罌粟殼 앵속각 · Opium Poppy Capsule (controlled)

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

written 鸎粟殼 in the text · opium poppy husk
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one fruit

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 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 cough with urgent panting
a full chest and counterflow qi
and no rest sitting or lying

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lung heat with urgent panting and orthopnoea
Long cough with fluid damage

Biomedical correlates

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with orthopnoea

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治咳嗽喘急, 胸滿氣逆, 坐卧不安. 陳皮ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ杏仁ㆍ阿膠珠ㆍ五味子ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ薏苡仁ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ百合ㆍ貝母ㆍ半夏麯ㆍ欵冬花各七分, 鸎粟殼ㆍ人參ㆍ甘草各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三ㆍ棗二ㆍ梅一箇, 同煎服. 《綱目》

Translation

Treats cough with urgent panting, a full chest and counterflow qi, with no rest sitting or lying. Tangerine peel, red poria, apricot kernel, ass-hide glue rolled to pearls, schisandra, mulberry root bark, Job's tears, perilla leaf, lily bulb, fritillaria, pinellia leaven and coltsfoot, 7 fun each; poppy husk, ginseng and licorice, 3 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, two jujubes and one smoked plum, and decoct together. — Uihak Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Fifteen drugs, none of them at more than 7 fun, which is the mark of a formula for a long illness rather than a crisis: lily bulb, ass-hide glue and Job's tears for the moistening, fritillaria and coltsfoot and mulberry root bark for the cough, the three astringents — poppy husk, schisandra and smoked plum — to hold it. 坐卧不安, no rest sitting or lying, is orthopnoea, and the formula is for the patient who has had it long enough to be wasted by it. 淸金, clearing the metal, is the lung. **Contains poppy husk, an opium preparation and a controlled substance, and pinellia leaven. This must not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.