Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Chinese Angelica Decoction

Danggwi-eum

한글 당귀음 · Pinyin Dang Gui Yin

當歸飮

Composition 構成

Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

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Chief 君

equal part
Somok Su Mu
蘇木 소목 · Sappan Wood

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Chief 君

equal part
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

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Deputy 臣

equal part, as 生乾地黃
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

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Deputy 臣

equal part
Jeokjagyak Chi Shao
赤芍藥 적작약 · Red Peony

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Assistant 佐

equal part

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 5 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

For cough with the spitting of black blood after a blow or fall has injured the lung qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Static blood in the lung from injury
Cough with dark blood after trauma

Biomedical correlates

Haemoptysis after chest trauma

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

因打撲損傷肺氣, 咳嗽吐黑血. 大黃ㆍ蘇木ㆍ生乾地黃ㆍ當歸ㆍ赤芍藥各等分. 右爲末, 每三錢, 溫酒調服. 《得效》

Translation

For a cough with the spitting of black blood, where a blow or a fall has injured the lung qi. Rhubarb, sappanwood, dried raw rehmannia, Chinese angelica and red peony, in equal parts. Grind to a powder and give 3 don each time stirred into warm wine. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

A trauma formula rather than a cough formula: the indication is a cough bringing up dark blood after a blow to the chest, and the drugs are the standard blood-moving set — rhubarb and sappanwood to break the stasis, angelica and red peony to move and nourish. Dark rather than bright blood is the sign that it is old and pooled. **Blood in the sputum after a chest injury can mean a lung contusion, a haemothorax or a rib fracture with laceration, and needs imaging and assessment. Giving rhubarb in wine to such a patient is not a treatment.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.