Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Open Depression and Guide the Qi Decoction

Gaeuldogi-tang

한글 개울도기탕 · Pinyin Kai Yu Dao Qi Tang

開鬱導氣湯

Composition 構成

Changchul Cang Zhu
蒼朮 창출 · Black Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

4 g
Chief 君

processed with child's urine (便炒)
Baekji Bai Zhi
白芷 백지 · Dahurian Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jeokbokryeong Chi Fu Ling
赤茯苓 적복령 · Poria (red)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwalseok Hua Shi
滑石 활석 · Talc

4 g
Deputy 臣
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

4 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried (炒)
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

4 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried (炒)
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Assistant 佐

blast-fried (炮), 5 pun
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐

5 pun
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸), 3 pun

Total 37.2 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

Treats every kind of abdominal pain — one dose and it stops at once

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Abdominal pain of any kind

Biomedical correlates

Functional abdominal pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治諸般腹痛, 一服立止. 蒼朮ㆍ香附(便炒)ㆍ白芷ㆍ川芎ㆍ赤茯苓ㆍ滑石ㆍ梔子(炒)ㆍ神麴(炒) 各一錢, 乾薑(炮)ㆍ陳皮各五分, 甘草(灸) 三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats every kind of abdominal pain — one dose and it stops at once. Atractylodes lancea, cyperus (processed with child's urine), angelica dahurica, chuanxiong, red poria, talc, gardenia (stir-fried) and medicated leaven (stir-fried) 1 don each; dried ginger (blast-fried) and tangerine peel 5 pun each; licorice (mix-fried) 3 pun. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Bok)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Yueju-hwan's five depressions widened into a decoction — atractylodes for damp, cyperus for qi, chuanxiong for blood, gardenia for fire, leaven for food — with a little dried ginger so the cooling does not chill a painful belly. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.