Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Wigye Bogam (衛生寶鑑)

Harmonize the Centre and Order the Qi Decoction

Chunghwasungi-tang

한글 충화순기탕 · Pinyin Chong He Shun Qi Tang

沖和順氣湯

Composition 構成

Galgeun Ge Gen
葛根 갈근 · Kudzu Root

6 g
Chief 君

1 don 5 pun
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

4 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

3.2 g
Chief 君

8 pun
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

1.2 g
Deputy 臣

3 pun
Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

1.2 g
Deputy 臣

3 pun
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

8 g
Envoy 使

2 pieces
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使

3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.6 g
Envoy 使

4 pun

Total 42 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Assists the yang brightness's engendering and issuing qi
for a face gone dark and lustreless

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

The yang brightness's qi not rising — the face dark
worst around the lips

Biomedical correlates

Facial hyperpigmentation with fatigue

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

葛根一錢半, 升麻ㆍ白芷ㆍ防風各一錢, 黃芪八分, 人參七分, 甘草四分, 白芍藥ㆍ蒼朮各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服, 早飯後午飯前. 《寶鑑》醫鑑升麻白芷湯同.

Translation

Pueraria 1 don 5 pun; cimicifuga, angelica dahurica and saposhnikovia 1 don each; astragalus 8 pun; ginseng 7 pun; licorice 4 pun; white peony and atractylodes lancea 3 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take after breakfast and before the midday meal. The Uigam's Cimicifuga and Angelica Dahurica Decoction is the same. — Wigye Bogam 寶鑑 (Donguibogam · Myeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

2.8.6's case: a woman whose face turned dark and lustreless from worry and irregular eating, worst around the mouth. The reasoning is that the heart and lung yang no longer reach the face, so the yin below shows through — and the treatment lifts rather than whitens. Also carried under the name 升麻白芷湯 in the Uigam. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.