Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Kampo (原南陽經驗方)

Formula B Decoction

Eulja-tang

한글 을자탕 · Pinyin Yi Zi Tang

乙字湯

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

6 g
Chief 君
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

5 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

3 g
Deputy 臣
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

1.5 g
Assistant 佐
Daehwang Da Huang
大黃 대황 · Rhubarb

1 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 18.5 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

Clears heat and lifts sunken Qi in the anal region
Moistens the bowel and relieves hemorrhoidal pain and bleeding

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Damp-heat with Qi fall at the anus
Hemorrhoids with pain bleeding and constipation

Biomedical correlates

Hemorrhoids (the Kampo standard)
Anal fissure discomfort
Perianal itching with constipation

Clinical commentary 臨床

Hara Nanyo labeled his experiential formulas by letter — Formula B became East Asia's most famous hemorrhoid prescription, lifting with Seungma and Siho while gently draining below. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.