Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Sanghallon (傷寒論)

Angelica Frigid Extremities Decoction plus Evodia and Fresh Ginger

Dangguisayeokgaosuyusaenggang-tang

한글 당귀사역가오수유생강탕 · Pinyin Dang Gui Si Ni Jia Wu Zhu Yu Sheng Jiang Tang

當歸四逆加吳茱萸生薑湯

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

6 g
Chief 君
Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

6 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

6 g
Deputy 臣
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

4 g
Deputy 臣
Osuyu Wu Zhu Yu
吳茱萸 오수유 · Evodia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

8 g
Assistant 佐
Tongcho Tong Cao
通草 통초 · Tetrapanax Pith

4 g
Assistant 佐
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

Total 48 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

Warms the channels and nourishes Blood
Dispels long-standing interior cold from the middle and lower burners

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood-deficient channel cold compounded by chronic interior cold
Icy extremities with cold abdominal or menstrual pain
Cold-triggered headache with nausea

Biomedical correlates

Severe Raynaud-pattern presentations
Cold-type dysmenorrhea with cold limbs
Cold-triggered migraine with vomiting

Clinical commentary 臨床

Dangguisayeok-tang reinforced for the cold that has moved indoors — when the icy hands come with a cold aching belly, Osuyu and doubled ginger reach where the base formula cannot. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.