Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Boyeong Cwalyo (保嬰撮要)

Restrain the Liver Powder

Eokgan-san

한글 억간산 · Pinyin Yi Gan San

抑肝散

Composition 構成

Jogudeung Gou Teng
釣鉤藤 조구등 · Uncaria

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

3 g
Deputy 臣
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

3 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.5 g
Envoy 使

Total 20.5 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Soothes the Liver and extinguishes internal wind
Strengthens the Spleen and calms agitation

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver excess with wind stirring — irritability spasms and grinding of teeth
Restless agitation in children or the elderly
Twitching and tremor with short temper

Biomedical correlates

Irritability and night terrors in children
Agitation in dementia (well-studied in Kampo)
Tension with muscle twitching

Clinical commentary 臨床

Originally a pediatric formula, now one of the most researched herbal prescriptions in the world for agitation in dementia. Classically given to mother and child together — the pattern travels through the household. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.