Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Dongwon (東垣)
Cnidium and Cinnamon Decoction
Cheongungyukgye-tang
한글 천궁육계탕 · Pinyin Chuan Xiong Rou Gui Tang
Cut and made into one packet, decocted in three cups of wine down to one, and taken on an empty stomach. The chapter also names this formula in its damp lumbar pain section, for lodging out overnight in a cold damp place.
Composition 構成
- Ganghwal羌活 강활 · Notopterygium6 g
Chief 君 - Yukgye肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark4 g
Chief 君 - Cheongung川芎 천궁 · Cnidium4 g
Deputy 臣 - Siho柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum4 g
Deputy 臣 - Danggui當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica4 g
Deputy 臣 tail (梢) - Changchul蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes4 g
Assistant 佐 - Singok神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven2 g
Assistant 佐 - Dokhwal獨活 독활 · Aralia2 g
Assistant 佐 - Bangi防己 방기 · Sinomenium1.2 g
Assistant 佐 wine-processed - Bangpung防風 방풍 · Siler1.2 g
Assistant 佐 - Doin桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel1.2 g
Assistant 佐 5 kernels - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice4 g
Envoy 使 roasted
Total 37.6 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
- Moves static blood lodged in the three foot channels
- Warms and courses a back that will not turn after a night in the cold
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Static blood in the foot greater-Yang lesser-Yin and lesser-Yang channels making lumbar pain (瘀血在足太陽足少陰足少陽三經)
- Lodging out overnight in a cold damp place with lumbar pain and inability to turn
- Cold damp with stasis
Biomedical correlates
- Low back pain after cold exposure
- Stasis-type pain with restricted rotation
- Chronic pain with cold aggravation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治瘀血在足太陽ㆍ足少陰ㆍ足少陽三經, 以作腰痛. 羌活 一錢半, 肉桂ㆍ川芎ㆍ柴胡ㆍ當歸梢ㆍ蒼朮ㆍ甘草(灸) 各一錢, 神麴ㆍ獨活 各五分, 防己(酒)ㆍ防風 各三分, 桃仁 五箇. 右剉, 作一貼, 酒三盞煎至一盞, 空心服. 《東垣》
Translation
Treats static blood in the foot greater-Yang, foot lesser-Yin, and foot lesser-Yang channels, making lumbar pain. Notopterygium 1 don 5 fun; cinnamon bark, cnidium, bupleurum, angelica tail, atractylodes, and roasted licorice, 1 don each; medicated leaven and pubescent angelica, 5 fun each; wine-processed stephania and saposhnikovia, 3 fun each; peach kernel, 5 kernels. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in three cups of wine down to one, and take on an empty stomach. — Dongwon 東垣 (Donguibogam · Yo)