Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Piryongbang (必用方)

Clear the Qi Drink

Cheonggi-eum

한글 청기음 · Pinyin Qing Qi Yin

淸氣飮

The alternative name 淸暑益元湯 is from the Mingyi zalu.

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4.8 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

4 g
Chief 君
Maengmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hyangyu Xiang Ru
香薷 향유 · Elsholtzia

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangnyeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

—
Envoy 使

three slices

Total 39.6 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 fever with profuse sweating and no strength and a pulse vacuous
fine and slow
which is summerheat injuring the original qi
Supplements the qi while clearing summerheat

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Summerheat injuring the original qi with profuse sweating
Qi vacuity with heat and thirst in summer

Biomedical correlates

Heat exhaustion
Dehydration with fatigue

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治發熱ㆍ汗大泄ㆍ無氣力ㆍ脉虛細而遲, 此暑傷元氣也. 白朮一錢二分, 人參ㆍ黃芪ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ陳皮ㆍ白茯苓各一錢, 知母ㆍ香薷各七分, 黃連(炒)ㆍ甘草各五分, 黃栢三分. 右剉, 入薑三, 水煎服. 《必用》 ○一名淸暑益元湯. 《名醫》

Translation

Treats fever with profuse sweating, no strength and a pulse vacuous, fine and slow — this is summerheat injuring the original qi. Atractylodes, 1 don 2 fun; ginseng, astragalus, ophiopogon, white peony, tangerine peel and poria, 1 don each; anemarrhena and elsholtzia, 7 fun each; stir-fried coptis and licorice, 5 fun each; phellodendron, 3 fun. Cut up, add three slices of ginger and decoct in water. Also called Cheongseo-ikwon-tang. — Piryongbang 必用 · Myeongui 名醫 (Donguibogam · Seo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The pulse is the whole diagnosis: vacuous, fine and slow, in a patient sweating heavily in hot weather. Fast and full would mean heat to be cleared; slow and thin means the heat has already emptied him, and the formula answers accordingly — ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes and poria make up the bulk, with only small amounts of coptis, phellodendron and anemarrhena to take the edge off the heat, and elsholtzia as the one summerheat-specific drug. That proportion, supplementing drugs at a full don and cooling drugs at three to five fun, is the whole argument of this chapter's 夏暑宜補氣 section made material. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.