Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Uimun Beomnyul (醫門法律)

Clear Dryness and Rescue the Lung Decoction

Cheongjogupye-tang

한글 청조구폐탕 · Pinyin Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang

淸燥救肺湯

Composition 構成

Sangyeop Sang Ye
桑葉 상엽 · Mulberry Leaf

12 g
Chief 君
Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

10 g
Deputy 臣
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

5 g
Deputy 臣
Homain Hu Ma Ren
胡麻仁 호마인 · Black Sesame

4 g
Assistant 佐
Bipayeop Pi Pa Ye
枇杷葉 비파엽 · Loquat Leaf

4 g
Assistant 佐
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

3 g
Assistant 佐 dissolved separately
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

3 g
Assistant 佐
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

3 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 48 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

Clears warm dryness and moistens the Lung
Augments Qi and directs the Lung downward

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Warm-dryness scorching the Lung
Dry hacking cough with wheezing and dry throat
Chest pain with cough in dry weather

Biomedical correlates

Dry-climate and autumn cough
Chronic dry cough with breathlessness
Post-infectious dry cough

Clinical commentary 臨床

The definitive formula for dryness that has burned the Lung — clearing, moistening, and supporting woven so finely that none undoes the others. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.