Tao's Center-Supplementing Qi-Boosting Decoction

Dossi-bojungikgi-tang

한글 도씨보중익기탕 · Pinyin Tao Shi Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang

陶氏補中益氣湯

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2.8 g
Chief 君
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Sesin Xi Xin
細辛 세신 · Asarum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two dates
Chongbaek Cong Bai
蔥白 총백 · Scallion White

—
Envoy 使

two stalks

Total 32 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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 the qi and blood while releasing the exterior
Resolves an external contraction on internal damage

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

External wind-cold on a background of damaged qi and blood
Headache and fever with heaviness
spontaneous sweating and no strength

Biomedical correlates

Upper respiratory infection in a debilitated patient
Febrile illness with exhaustion

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治內傷氣血, 外感風寒, 頭痛ㆍ身熱ㆍ惡寒ㆍ自汗ㆍ沉困無力. 人參ㆍ生地黃ㆍ黃芪ㆍ當歸ㆍ川芎ㆍ柴胡ㆍ陳皮ㆍ羌活ㆍ白朮ㆍ防風各七分, 細辛ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 葱白二莖, 水煎服. 如元氣不足, 加升麻三分. 《入門》

Translation

Treats internal damage of the qi and blood with an external contraction of wind-cold, with headache, fever, aversion to cold, spontaneous sweating and a heavy exhausted weakness. Ginseng, fresh rehmannia, astragalus, tangkuei, chuanxiong, bupleurum, tangerine peel, notopterygium, atractylodes and saposhnikovia, 7 fun each; asarum and licorice, 5 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, two dates and two stalks of scallion white, and decoct in water. Where the original qi is insufficient, add 3 fun of cimicifuga. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Han, lower)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Not Li Dongyuan's formula despite the name, but Tao Hua's rebuild of it for the patient who catches cold while already depleted. The tonifying half is recognizable — ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes, tangkuei, bupleurum, tangerine peel — and onto it are grafted notopterygium, saposhnikovia, chuanxiong and asarum, which the original does not have. Everything sits at 7 fun, a deliberately small uniform dose: the formula is trying to do two opposite things and pushing either side would undo the other. The note to add cimicifuga where the original qi is short restores the last piece of Li's architecture. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.