Formulas · Tonify Blood 補血 · Piryongbang (必用方)

Clear the Heart and Supplement the Blood Decoction

Cheongsimbohyeol-tang

한글 청심보혈탕 · Pinyin Qing Xin Bu Xue Tang

淸心補血湯

Cut and made into one packet, decocted in water and taken. Also recorded in the Uigam under the name Bohyeol-tang (補血湯).

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4.8 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

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

4 g
Deputy 臣 dry-fried
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sanjoin Suan Zao Ren
酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣 dry-fried
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2 g
Assistant 佐
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

2 g
Assistant 佐 dry-fried
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

2 g
Assistant 佐 15 grains
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使 roasted

Total 36.8 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

Restores a spirit damaged by taxing the mind
Cools the vexing heat that the damage leaves behind

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taxing the Heart with thought and worry
damaging the essence-spirit (勞心思慮損傷精神)
Dizzy head and clouded vision
Heart vacuous with shortness of breath
fright palpitations and vexing heat

Biomedical correlates

Burnout with palpitations and dizziness
Anxiety with breathlessness in the overworked
Post-stress depletion with restless heat

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治勞心思慮, 損傷精神, 頭眩目昏, 心虛氣短, 驚悸煩熱. 人參一錢二分, 當歸ㆍ白芍藥(炒)ㆍ茯神ㆍ酸棗仁(炒)ㆍ麥門冬各一錢, 川芎ㆍ生地黃ㆍ陳皮ㆍ梔子(炒)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各五分, 五味子十五粒. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《必用方》

Translation

Treats taxing the Heart with thought and worry, damaging the essence-spirit, with a dizzy head and clouded vision, the Heart vacuous and the breath short, fright palpitations and vexing heat. Ginseng 1 don 2 fun; Korean angelica, dry-fried white peony, hostwood poria, dry-fried sour jujube seed, and ophiopogon, 1 don each; cnidium, raw rehmannia, tangerine peel, dry-fried gardenia, and roasted licorice, 5 fun each; schisandra 15 grains. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Piryongbang 必用方 (Donguibogam · Sin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The chapter's formula for the person who has thought themselves ill — and the symptom list is a burnout picture with a heart at the center of it: dizzy, vision clouding, short of breath, heart startling, and hot with a vexation that will not settle. Ginseng at the head, six Blood-and-spirit herbs behind it, and only gardenia and raw rehmannia for the heat. Note what is absent: no minerals, nothing sedating. The reading is that this heart is not overexcited but spent. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.