Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Samin Geukil Byeongjeungbangnon (三因極一病證方論)

Govern the Middle Decoction

Chijung-tang

한글 치중탕 · Pinyin Zhi Zhong Tang

治中湯

等分 — in equal parts — means equal to the principal drugs of the base formula, taken here as 2 don each. Cited by the Cold and Sudden Turmoil chapters, and by the 眼門 of this site, where the name was previously left unlinked.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

8 g
Chief 君
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

8 g
Chief 君

blast-fried
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

8 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

8 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

8 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

honey-roasted

Total 44 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

Treats taiyin abdominal pain
Ijung-tang with the two tangerine peels added

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Middle burner cold with qi stagnation and abdominal pain
Spleen yang vacuity with distension

Biomedical correlates

Functional abdominal pain with bloating
Chronic gastritis with cold

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治太陰腹痛. 卽<a href='/formulas/ijung-tang'>理中湯</a>加陳皮ㆍ靑皮等分也. 《三因》

Translation

Treats taiyin abdominal pain. It is Ijung-tang with tangerine peel and green tangerine peel added in equal parts. — Samin Geukil Byeongjeungbangnon 三因 (Donguibogam · Han)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ijung-tang with the two tangerine peels, and the addition is well judged: the parent formula warms a cold middle but does nothing to move it, so a patient whose cold comes with distension and fullness needs the qi shifted as well. Green tangerine peel reaches lower and harder than the ripe peel, and using both is the standard way of covering the span. Of the five members of the 理中 family in this section it is the one most often reached for, and it is cited from several other chapters of the book. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.