Clear the Spirit and Boost the Qi Decoction

Cheongsinikgi-tang

한글 청신익기탕 · Pinyin Qing Shen Yi Qi Tang

淸神益氣湯

Decocted in water and taken on an empty stomach.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

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

2.4 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2.4 g
Assistant 佐
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

2.4 g
Assistant 佐
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

1.6 g
Assistant 佐
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

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

1.6 g
Assistant 佐
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

1.6 g
Assistant 佐
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

1.6 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

0.8 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

0.8 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.6 g
Envoy 使 raw

Total 28 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

Boosts the depleted center through the summer's steaming rains
Clears the eyes and face the damp heat has yellowed

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Internal damage meeting high summer damp heat (適當暑雨濕熱之盛)
Eye troubles arising by spells with body and face both yellowed
Scant eating and weariness in the steaming season

Biomedical correlates

Summer-pattern fatigue with poor appetite
Damp-heat presentations with sallow complexion
Seasonal exacerbation of chronic depletion

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治內傷證, 脾胃虛損, 食少倦怠, 適當暑雨濕熱之盛, 目疾時作, 身面俱黃. 人參一錢, 生薑八分, 澤瀉ㆍ蒼朮ㆍ防風ㆍ五味子各六分, 赤茯苓ㆍ升麻ㆍ白朮ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ甘草(生)ㆍ麥門冬各四分, 黃柏ㆍ靑皮各二分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 空心服. 《東垣》

Translation

Treats internal-damage patterns of Spleen-Stomach vacuity detriment — scant eating and weariness — meeting the height of summer rains and damp heat, with eye troubles arising by spells and body and face both yellowed. Ginseng 1 don; fresh ginger 0.8 don; alisma, atractylodes, saposhnikovia, and schisandra, 0.6 don each; red poria, cimicifuga, white atractylodes, white peony, raw licorice, and ophiopogon, 0.4 don each; phellodendron and green tangerine peel, 0.2 don each. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water, and take on an empty stomach. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The lineage's monsoon formula — ginseng leading a crew of drainers and a sip of ophiopogon through the season when rain steams and eyes ache, schisandra holding what the sweat would spend. Dongyuan's seasonal quartet completes: one center, four calendars. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.