Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Geumgwe Yoryak (金匱要略)
Major Construct the Middle Decoction
Daegeonjung-tang
한글 대건중탕 · Pinyin Da Jian Zhong Tang
大建中湯
Composition 構成
- Geongang乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger8 g
Chief 君 - Chokcho蜀椒 촉초 · Sichuan Pepper4 g
Chief 君 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng4 g
Deputy 臣 - Gyoi膠飴 교이 · Malt Syrup40 g
Assistant 佐
Total 56 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
- Strongly warms the middle and expels vigorous interior cold
- Relieves violent cramping abdominal pain
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Middle Yang collapse with excess Yin-cold
- Severe cold abdominal pain with visible peristaltic movement
- Cold vomiting with inability to eat
Biomedical correlates
- Post-operative ileus (a major Kampo research subject)
- Severe cold-type abdominal cramping
- Intestinal motility disorders (adjunctive)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Sogeonjung's fierce elder — pepper and ginger against cold so severe the intestines visibly writhe. In modern Japan it is the single most researched Kampo formula, standard care after abdominal surgery. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.