Formulas · Purge Downward 瀉下 · Junggyeong (仲景)
Gardenia and Rhubarb Decoction
Chijadaehwang-tang
한글 치자대황탕 · Pinyin Zhi Zi Da Huang Tang
梔子大黃湯
Composition 構成
- Chija梔子 치자 · Gardenia8 g
Chief 君 - Daehwang大黃 대황 · Rhubarb8 g
Chief 君 - Damdusi淡豆豉 담두시 · Prepared Soybean60 g
Deputy 臣豉
- Jisil枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange4 g
Deputy 臣
Total 80 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
- Clears heat and purges in alcohol jaundice
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Alcohol jaundice
Biomedical correlates
- Alcohol-related jaundice with constipation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治酒疸. 梔子ㆍ大黃 各二錢, 枳實 一錢, 豉 一合. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《仲景》
Translation
Treats alcohol jaundice. Gardenia and rhubarb 2 don each; bitter orange fruit 1 don; fermented soybean 1 hop. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Junggyeong 仲景 (Donguibogam · Hwangdal)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Zhongjing's formula from the Jingui, and it is Chijasi-tang with rhubarb and bitter orange fruit added. Fermented soybean is the medicinal the Shanghan tradition uses for vexation lodged in the chest after drinking, which is what this pattern is: heat that will neither rise nor descend. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.