Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Junggyeong (仲景)

Gardenia and Magnolia Bark Decoction

Chija-hubak-tang

한글 치자후박탕 · Pinyin Zhi Zi Hou Po Tang

梔子厚朴湯

One of the Shanghanlun's gardenia family; the 梔子豉湯 of the same section treats the vexation without the abdominal fullness.

Composition 構成

Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

12 g
Chief 君
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

6 g
Chief 君
Jisil Zhi Shi
枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange

8 g
Deputy 臣

Total 26 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats vexation of the heart with abdominal fullness and restlessness lying down or rising after purging in cold damage
Clears heat and moves the qi downward

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Heat with qi stagnation after purging
Residual heat in the chest with abdominal fullness

Biomedical correlates

Post-purgative distension with restlessness
Functional dyspepsia with anxiety

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治傷寒下後心煩ㆍ腹滿ㆍ卧起不安. 梔子一錢半, 厚朴三錢, 枳實二錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《仲景》

Translation

Treats vexation of the heart, abdominal fullness and restlessness whether lying down or rising, after purging in cold damage. Gardenia, 1 don 5 fun; magnolia bark, 3 don; bitter orange, 2 don. Cut up, make one packet and decoct in water. — Junggyeong 仲景 (Donguibogam · Han)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Three drugs for a precisely drawn complaint: after a purge, the patient is vexed in the chest and full in the belly and cannot settle whether he lies down or gets up. Gardenia takes the residual heat out of the chest and magnolia bark with bitter orange moves the fullness downward, and the restlessness is the hinge between them — heat above and stagnation below in the same patient. Compared with Chijasi-tang, which treats the vexation alone, the difference is the belly, and the two formulas differ accordingly. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.