Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Uihak Gangmok (醫學綱目)

Gardenia and Aconite Decoction

Chibu-tang

한글 치부탕 · Pinyin Zhi Fu Tang

梔附湯

The Gangmok's explanatory line names the aconite 川烏 although the composition specifies 附子; the Bogam carries both readings without reconciling them.

Composition 構成

Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

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Chief 君

山梔, 49 fruits, burnt half through
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

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Deputy 臣

one large root, blast-fried through · toxic
Yeom Yan
鹽 염 · Salt

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Envoy 使

a pinch

Total 0 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Robs mounting of its pain and stops it

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Mounting pain from cold binding constrained heat

Biomedical correlates

Acute inguinal hernia pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

能劫疝止痛. 山梔四十九枚燒半過, 大附子一箇炮熟. 右剉, 取二錢, 水一盞ㆍ酒半盞, 煎至七分, 去滓, 入鹽一撮溫服. 盖川烏治外束之寒, 梔子治內鬱之熱也. 《綱目》 ○一名倉卒散

Translation

Robs mounting of its pain and stops it. Forty-nine gardenia fruits burnt half through; one large aconite accessory root, blast-fried until done. Cut them up and take 2 don, boiled in a jan of water and half a jan of wine down to seven tenths; strain, add a pinch of salt, and take warm. The aconite treats the cold binding from outside, and the gardenia the heat constrained within. Also called the Sudden Emergency Powder. — Uihak Gangmok 綱目 (Donguibogam · Jeoneum)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two medicinals, one hot and one cold, and the chapter's whole theory of mounting pain in a single pair: cold binding from outside over heat constrained within, so both are met at once. The method is what makes it a robbing formula — burnt gardenia and blast-fried aconite in water and wine, strained, salted, drunk warm, and quick. **Contains aconite accessory root, which is toxic. This must not be prepared.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.