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

Strike the Qi Asafoetida Pill

Danggia-wi-won

한글 당기아위원 · Pinyin Zhuang Qi A Wei Yuan

撞氣阿魏元

Composition 構成

Bongchul E Zhu
莪朮 봉출 · Zedoary

40 g
Chief 君

stir-fried (炒)
Aui A Wei
阿魏 아위 · Asafoetida

10 g
Chief 君
Jeonghyangpi Ding Xiang Pi
丁香皮 정향피 · Clove Bark

40 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried (炒)
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

40 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongpi Qing Pi
靑皮 청피 · Green Tangerine Peel

40 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

40 g
Assistant 佐
Hoehyang Hui Xiang
茴香 회향 · Fennel Fruit

40 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

20 g
Assistant 佐

縮砂
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

20 g
Assistant 佐

桂心
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

20 g
Assistant 佐
Hocho Hu Jiao
胡椒 호초 · Black Pepper

10 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

160 g
Envoy 使

fried brown
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

40 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)
Yeom Yan
鹽 염 · Salt

40 g
Envoy 使

for salting the ginger
Jusa Zhu Sha
朱砂 주사 · Cinnabar (toxic)

—
Envoy 使

for coating · toxic

Total 560 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 all qi pain

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

All qi pain

Biomedical correlates

Visceral pain with distension

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治一切氣痛. 蓬朮(炒)ㆍ丁香皮(炒)ㆍ陳皮ㆍ靑皮ㆍ川芎ㆍ茴香(炒)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各一兩, 縮砂ㆍ桂心ㆍ白芷各五錢, 阿魏(酒浸一宿硏爲糊)ㆍ胡椒各二錢半, 生薑四兩(切片)ㆍ鹽一兩(同淹一宿, 炒褐色). 右爲末, 以阿魏糊和丸芡實大, 朱砂爲衣, 每取三丸, 空心, 以薑鹽湯, 細嚼嚥下. 《得效》

Translation

Treats all qi pain. Curcuma (stir-fried), clove bark (stir-fried), tangerine peel, green tangerine peel, chuanxiong, fennel (stir-fried) and licorice (mix-fried) 1 nyang each; amomum, cinnamon heart and angelica dahurica 5 don each; asafoetida (steeped a night in wine and ground to a paste) and black pepper 2 don 5 pun each; fresh ginger 4 nyang, sliced, and salt 1 nyang, salted together a night and fried brown. Powder them, bind with the asafoetida paste into pills the size of a euryale seed, coat with cinnabar, and take three at a time on an empty stomach, chewed fine and swallowed with ginger-and-salt decoction. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Gi)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Asafoetida is the tradition's medicinal for what has hardened — the resin of a giant fennel, and its smell is the point. 撞氣, striking the qi, is the name for what the formula does to a pain that has set. The salted, fried ginger at four nyang is the largest single ingredient and the one that makes the pill warm enough to work. **Cinnabar coating is mercury sulfide.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.