Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Chanyo (纂要)

Thousand Strings Decoction

Cheonmin-tang

한글 천민탕 · Pinyin Qian Min Tang

千緡湯

The source is cited as 纂要; the Bogam's usual full title for it is not given in this chapter.

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

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Chief 君

seven, blast-fried and broken in four · toxic in the raw state
Cheonnamseong Tian Nan Xing
天南星 천남성 · Arisaema

4 g
Chief 君

blast-fried (炮) · toxic in the raw state
Jogak Zao Jiao
皂角 조각 · Gleditsia Pod

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Deputy 臣

one inch, honey-roasted
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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Envoy 使

one inch, honey-roasted
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

five slices

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 4 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Treats phlegm panting, and settles it within a few doses

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm wheeze with a rattling chest

Biomedical correlates

Wheeze with copious sputum

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治痰喘, 數服卽安. 半夏七枚(炮, 四破)ㆍ皂角(灸)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各一寸, 南星(炮) 一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五, 水煎服. 《纂要》

Translation

Treats phlegm panting, and settles it within a few doses. Seven pinellia, blast-fried and broken in four, with soap pod and licorice, honey-roasted, 1 inch each; blast-fried arisaema, 1 don. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger, and decoct in water. — Chanyo 纂要 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four drugs, three of them for phlegm and all three harsh: pinellia and arisaema to cut it, soap pod to make the patient bring it up. The dose of soap pod and licorice is given by length, an inch of each, which is how the pods and roots were sold. **Contains pinellia and arisaema, both toxic in the raw state and requiring proper processing, and soap pod, an irritant saponin drug which is emetic in quantity. This must not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.