Formulas · Dispel Wind 祛風 · Hwaje Gukbang (和劑局方)

Cnidium Powder Taken with Green Tea

Cheongungdajo-san

한글 천궁다조산 · Pinyin Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San

川芎茶調散

Composition 構成

Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

8 g
Chief 君
Bakha Bo He
薄荷 박하 · Mint

12 g
Deputy 臣
Hyeonggae Jing Jie
荊芥 형개 · Schizonepeta

8 g
Deputy 臣
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Assistant 佐
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

4 g
Assistant 佐
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

3 g
Assistant 佐
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 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

Disperses wind from the head
Relieves headache of wind invasion in any location

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind invading the head with headache of any channel
New-onset headache with nasal congestion or aversion to wind
Migraine-type episodic head pain of wind pattern

Biomedical correlates

Acute tension and wind-cold headaches
Migraine episodes (adjunctive)
Headache with sinus congestion

Clinical commentary 臨床

The headache powder classically washed down with green tea — the tea's cool descent restraining the herbs' warm rise. Each acrid herb covers a different channel, so the formula meets headache wherever it lands. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.