Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Immun (入門)
Gardenia, Fermented Soybean and Bitter Orange Decoction
Chisijisil-tang
한글 치시지실탕 · Pinyin Zhi Chi Zhi Shi Tang
梔豉枳實湯
The source writes 枳實 here, where the neighbouring 梔豉枳黃湯 writes 枳殼; registered as written in each.
Composition 構成
- Damdusi淡豆豉 담두시 · Prepared Soybean20 g
Chief 君 - Chija梔子 치자 · Gardenia8 g
Chief 君 - Jisil枳實 지실 · Immature Bitter Orange8 g
Deputy 臣
Total 36 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
- Vents heat from the chest with a light sweat
- Resolves relapse brought on by exertion
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Relapse of cold damage after exertion with fever
- Residual heat pent in the chest
Biomedical correlates
- Relapsing fever after premature exertion in convalescence
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治勞復發熱. 梔子ㆍ枳實 各二錢, 香豉 五錢. 右剉, 水煎服, 微汗之差. 《入門》
Translation
Treats relapse from exertion with fever. Gardenia and unripe bitter orange, 2 don each; fermented soybean, 5 don. Cut up and decoct in water; a slight sweat and it resolves. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Han, lower)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction with bitter orange added, and the addition is what makes it a relapse formula rather than a simple heat-venting one. Relapse from exertion means a patient who got up too soon and drove the residual heat back into the chest; fermented soybean at a large dose lifts it out through a light sweat, gardenia cools what is left, and the bitter orange breaks the fullness that the heat creates as it is pushed back in. The endpoint is a slight sweat and no more — a full sweat in a convalescent costs more than it gains. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.