Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Push the Qi Powder

Chugi-san

한글 추기산 · Pinyin Tui Qi San

推氣散

Composition 構成

Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Ganghwang Jiang Huang
薑黃 강황 · Turmeric

20 g
Chief 君

5 don
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

20 g
Deputy 臣

桂心, 5 don
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

10 g
Envoy 使

2 don 5 pun
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

ginger and jujube decoction, or wine, as draught

Total 70 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 pain in the right flank

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Pain on the right side

Biomedical correlates

Right-sided intercostal pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治右脇痛. 枳殼ㆍ桂心ㆍ薑黃各五錢, 甘草二錢半. 右爲末, 每二錢半, 薑棗湯或酒調下. 《入門》

Translation

Treats pain in the right flank. Bitter orange, cinnamon heartwood and turmeric 5 don each; licorice 2 don 5 pun. Powder them and take 2 don 5 pun at a time stirred into ginger and jujube decoction, or wine. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Hyeop)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Turmeric and cinnamon for the right side. The Immun's pair with Jigung-san is the chapter's most-used distinction, and dividing a flank pain by side is something a practitioner can act on before anything else is known. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.