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

Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction

Cheongseuphwadam-tang

한글 청습화담탕 · Pinyin Qing Shi Hua Tan Tang

淸濕化痰湯

Composition 構成

Namseong Tian Nan Xing
天南星 천남성 · Arisaema

4 g
Chief 君 processed
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Deputy 臣
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekgaeja Bai Jie Zi
白芥子 백개자 · White Mustard Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Assistant 佐
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

3 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 45 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

Dries dampness and transforms channel phlegm
Dispels wind and stops wandering body pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp-phlegm lodged in the channels and flesh
Wandering aches of shoulders back and arms with heaviness
Numbness or nodular sensations along the limbs

Biomedical correlates

Myofascial shoulder and back pain of phlegm-damp type
Wandering body aches in heavy-set patients
Fibromyalgia-pattern heaviness (adjunctive)

Clinical commentary 臨床

For the ache that moves and the flesh that feels thick — phlegm in the channels rather than the chest, with Baekgaeja famously reaching where other phlegm herbs cannot, beneath the skin and between the membranes. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.