Korean Angelica Decoction for the Eyes

Danggui-tang

한글 당귀탕 (눈) · Pinyin Dang Gui Tang

當歸湯

Not the Korean Angelica Decoction registered elsewhere under the same name; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

6 g
Chief 君

1 don 5 pun
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Chief 君

1 don
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣

1 don
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

3 g
Assistant 佐

7 pun 5 ri
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

3 g
Assistant 佐

7 pun 5 ri
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

5 pun

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

Supplements liver and kidney and boosts the brightness of the pupil

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver and kidney vacuity with dim vision

Biomedical correlates

Asthenopia
Visual decline

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

補肝腎, 益瞳子光明. 柴胡二錢, 生地黃一錢半, 當歸ㆍ白芍藥各一錢, 黃芩ㆍ黃連幷酒浸各七分半, 甘草(灸) 五分. 右剉作一貼, 水煎空心服. 《醫林》

Translation

Supplements liver and kidney and boosts the brightness of the pupil. Bupleurum 2 don; raw rehmannia 1 don 5 pun; Korean angelica and white peony 1 don each; scutellaria and coptis, both wine-steeped, 7 pun 5 ri each; roasted licorice 5 pun. Cut up as one packet and decoct in water; take on an empty stomach. — Uirim 醫林 (Donguibogam · An)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Seven medicinals and bupleurum at the head of them — a small formula that enriches and clears at once, with both bitter drugs wine-steeped so that they rise rather than drain. It is the chapter's everyday prescription for a dim eye, short enough to be taken for a long time. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.