Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Gardenia and Ginger Drink

Chigang-eum

한글 치강음 · Pinyin Zhi Jiang Yin

梔薑飮

Composition 構成

Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

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Chief 君

山梔仁, 15 kernels, fried until scorched
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣

optional, better still
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

3 spoonfuls of the juice, added at the second boiling

Total 4 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 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 pain made by stomach heat

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Stomach heat — epigastric pain

Biomedical correlates

Gastritis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治胃熱作痛. 山梔仁十五枚(炒焦), 水一盞煎至六分, 入生薑汁三匙, 再煎熱服. 或入川芎一錢尤妙. 《入門》

Translation

Treats pain made by stomach heat. Gardenia kernel 15, fried until scorched, decocted in a jan of water down to six parts, with 3 spoonfuls of ginger juice stirred in and boiled again, taken hot. Adding 1 don of chuanxiong is better still. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Hyung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Gardenia scorched and then given with ginger juice — the bitter cold medicinal with something warm to carry it, which is the same device as the single don of aconite in Yeonbuyugil-tang. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.