Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Break Through the Barrier Drink

Dangwan-eumja

한글 당관음자 · Pinyin Zhuang Guan Yin Zi

撞關飮子

Composition 構成

Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

8 g
Chief 君
Oyak Wu Yao
烏藥 오약 · Lindera

4.8 g
Chief 君
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

3.2 g
Assistant 佐

縮砂
Samneung San Leng
三稜 삼릉 · Sparganium

2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekdugu Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Chimhyang Chen Xiang
沈香 침향 · Agarwood

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

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 34.4 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

Breaks open the barrier and blockage
Moves bound qi in distension

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Distension and fullness where the barrier and blockage must be broken open

Biomedical correlates

Functional obstruction with distension

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治脹滿, 用此衝開關格. 香附子二錢, 烏藥一錢二分, 厚朴一錢, 縮砂八分, 三稜ㆍ白豆蔲ㆍ甘草各五分, 丁香ㆍ沈香各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三, 水煎服. 又爲末, 紫蘇湯調下二錢. 《入門》

Translation

Treats distension and fullness; use this to break open the barrier and blockage. Cyperus 2 don; lindera 1 don 2 pun; magnolia bark 1 don; amomum 8 pun; sparganium, round cardamom and licorice 5 pun each; clove and aloeswood 3 pun each. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. Or powder it and take 2 don stirred into a decoction of perilla. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Changman)

Clinical commentary 臨床

關格, the barrier and blockage, is the state in which nothing passes either way — neither food down nor urine out. The name says the formula is to strike it open, and the composition is graded from cyperus at two don down to clove and aloeswood at three pun, so the force is concentrated at the top and the aromatics merely direct it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.