Formulas · Tonify Blood 補血 · Uihak Jeongjeon (醫學正傳)

Angelica and Rehmannia Decoction

Danggwijihwang-tang

한글 당귀지황탕 · Pinyin Dang Gui Di Huang Tang

當歸地黃湯

Cut and made into one packet, decocted in water and taken at a draught on an empty stomach. Note on modern practice: abdominal pain in pregnancy requires immediate evaluation by an obstetric provider.

Composition 構成

Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

16 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

8 g
Deputy 臣

Total 24 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

Eases the pain of a stirring fetus by filling the Blood beneath it

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Pain from fetal stirring (胎痛)
Blood insufficiency in pregnancy with abdominal pain
The two-herb Blood answer

Biomedical correlates

Abdominal pain in pregnancy — historical management
Blood-deficiency presentations in pregnancy
Supportive obstetric care of the era

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治胎痛. 熟地黃四錢, 當歸二錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 空心頓服. 《正傳》

Translation

Treats pain of the fetus. Prepared rehmannia 4 don; Korean angelica 2 don. Cut the pair, make one packet, decoct in water, and take at a draught on an empty stomach. — Jeongjeon 正傳 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The Four Substances reduced to its two nourishing members, at two to one — no movers, no coolers, nothing that pushes. For pain the chapter reads as emptiness rather than obstruction, and the prescription is simply to fill what is thin and let the fetus settle into it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.