Formulas · Drain Dampness 利水滲濕 · Uibang Yuchwi (醫方類聚)

Spring Marsh Decoction

Chuntaek-tang

한글 춘택탕 · Pinyin Chun Ze Tang

春澤湯

A single-substitution modification of 五苓散; the base weights are carried over from the parent formula.

Composition 構成

Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

10 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Chief 君
Jeoryeong Zhu Ling
猪苓 저령 · Polyporus

6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

6 g
Deputy 臣

Total 30 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 summerheat with parching thirst and drinking without measure
or water being vomited as soon as it is taken
Drains the water that is not being absorbed and supplements the qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Water rheum with thirst and vomiting of fluids
Summerheat with the water pathways blocked

Biomedical correlates

Dehydration with vomiting
Gastric stasis in heat illness

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治暑熱燥渴ㆍ引飮無度, 或水入卽吐. 乃<a href='/formulas/oryeong-san'>五苓散</a>去桂代人參也. 《得效》

Translation

Treats summerheat with parching thirst and drinking without measure, or water being vomited as soon as it goes in. It is Oryeong-san with the cassia removed and ginseng in its place. — Uibang Yuchwi 得效 (Donguibogam · Seo)

Clinical commentary 臨床

One drug swapped and the formula changes purpose entirely: take the cassia out of Oryeong-san and put ginseng in, and a warming water-draining prescription becomes a qi-supplementing one. The indication is the striking part — drinking without measure, and the water coming straight back up. That is the paradox the five-ingredient poria formulas were made for: the patient is desperately thirsty and yet cannot hold water, because the fluid is not being taken up but standing in the stomach. Draining it and supporting the qi rather than giving more to drink is the correct answer, and in a heat-stricken patient vomiting everything it remains a reasonable one. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.