Formulas · Tonify Yin 補陰 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Clear Li and Enrich Kan Decoction

Cheongrijagam-tang

한글 청리자감탕 · Pinyin Qing Li Zi Kan Tang

淸离滋坎湯

Decocted in water and taken on an empty stomach. The name is I Ching therapeutics: 离 Li is the trigram of fire, 坎 Kan the trigram of water — clear the one, enrich the other.

Composition 構成

Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

2.8 g
Chief 君
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

2.8 g
Chief 君 dried (生乾)
Cheonmundong Tian Men Dong
天門冬 천문동 · Asparagus Root

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

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Sansuyu Shan Zhu Yu
山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Sanyak Shan Yao
山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Mokdanpi Mu Dan Pi
牧丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark

2 g
Assistant 佐
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

2 g
Assistant 佐 honey-water-fried
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

2 g
Assistant 佐 honey-water-fried
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使 roasted

Total 38 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 the hexagram of fire while enriching the hexagram of water
Answers tidal heat and night sweat at their yin-vacuous root

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yin vacuity with fire stirring — tidal heat and night sweats (陰虛火動潮熱盜汗)
Phlegm panting with a flurried heart (痰喘心荒)
The menopausal-pattern flagship of the fire chapter

Biomedical correlates

Hot flashes and night sweats
Menopausal vasomotor symptoms
Chronic low-grade evening fevers with anxiety

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治陰虛火動, 潮熱盜汗, 痰喘心荒. 熟地黃ㆍ生乾地黃ㆍ天門冬ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ當歸ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ山茱萸ㆍ山藥ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ白朮各七分, 牡丹皮ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ黃柏ㆍ知母(幷蜜水炒)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 空心服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats Yin vacuity with fire stirring: tidal heat, night sweats, phlegm panting, and a flurried heart. Prepared rehmannia, dried raw rehmannia, asparagus root, ophiopogon, Korean angelica, white peony, cornus, and dioscorea, with white poria and white atractylodes, 0.7 don each; moutan bark, alisma, and phellodendron and anemarrhena (both honey-water-fried), with roasted licorice, 0.5 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water, and take on an empty stomach. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Hwa)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The chapter's grand synthesis for the yin-vacuous flush — the Six Flavors' full architecture, the Four Substances' blood wing, both asparagi for moisture, and the honey-tamed cold pair at the root, all at one even humble dose. Named in hexagrams because the strategy is cosmological: turn fire-over-water back into water-over-fire. For the tidal heat, the soaked nightclothes, and the fluttering heart, this is the formulary's most complete single answer. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.