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

Restrain the Qi Powder

Eokgi-san

한글 억기산 · Pinyin Yi Qi San

抑氣散

Composition 構成

Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

160 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

80 g
Deputy 臣
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

40 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

40 g
Envoy 使

Total 320 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

Restrains qi risen in a woman's various complaints

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

The qi risen and bound in the miscellaneous diseases of women

Biomedical correlates

Functional somatic complaints with anxiety

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

香附子四兩, 陳皮二兩, 茯神ㆍ甘草各一兩. 右爲末, 每二錢, 沸湯點服. 《入門》

Translation

Cyperus 4 nyang, tangerine peel 2 nyang, poria with pine root and licorice 1 nyang each. Powder them and take 2 don at a time sprinkled into boiling water. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Cyperus at half the total weight, which is the chapter's usual proportion when it is treating bound qi in a woman. The Uterus chapter's cyperus formulas at 13.9 do the same. 抑 — to restrain or press down — rather than to break or to move. The qi is not attacked but settled, with poria beside it to quiet the spirit. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.