Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Scallion White Decoction for Twisted Bladder

Chongbaek-tang

한글 총백탕 (전포)  ·  Pinyin Cong Bai Tang

葱白湯

Not the formula for restless fetus registered as chongbaek-tang-buin; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Total 160 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

  • Twisted bladder from fright
  • grief or rage — the qi riding the bladder and knocking it askew

Biomedical correlates

  • Acute urinary retention with anxiety

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治小便卒暴不通, 小腹膨脹, 氣上衝心, 悶絶欲死. 此因驚憂暴怒, 氣乘膀胱, 鬱閉而脬系不正. 陳皮 三兩, 葵子 一兩, 葱白 三莖. 右剉, 水五升, 煮取二升, 分三服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats sudden inability to pass urine, with the lower abdomen swollen and distended, the qi surging up to the heart, and oppression so great one is about to faint. This comes of fright, grief or sudden rage: the qi rides the bladder, stagnates and shuts it, and the bladder's cord is knocked out of true. Tangerine peel 3 nyang; mallow seed 1 nyang; scallion white 3 stalks. Cut up, boil in five seung of water down to two, and take in three doses. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Sobyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Retention caused by emotion — fright or rage knocking the bladder askew — and treated with tangerine peel to move the qi rather than drainers to move the water. Acute retention does follow severe anxiety and pain, and the Deukhyo saw the connection. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.

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