Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Boost the Qi Decoction, Added and Subtracted

Gagam-ikgi-tang

한글 가감익기탕 · Pinyin Jia Jian Yi Qi Tang

加減益氣湯

Composition 構成

Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

2 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2 g
Chief 君
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

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

4 g
Assistant 佐
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

2 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2 g
Assistant 佐
Jiyu Di Yu
地楡 지유 · Sanguisorba Root

2 g
Assistant 佐
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekdugu Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 백두구 · Round Cardamom

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Aengsokgak Ying Su Ke
罌粟殼 앵속각 · Opium Poppy Capsule (controlled)

1.2 g
Assistant 佐

vinegar stir-fried · narcotic
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

1.2 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

roasted

Total 30.8 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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Actions 效能

Treats an enduring dysentery with such exhaustion and weakness that the patient cannot rise from bed

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Centre qi collapse after a long dysentery
Enduring dysentery with prostration

Biomedical correlates

Chronic dysentery with debility
Post-infectious malnutrition

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治久痢疲弱甚, 不能起床. 白朮ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ陳皮各一錢, 當歸七分, 黃芪ㆍ人參ㆍ澤瀉ㆍ縮砂ㆍ地楡各五分, 升麻ㆍ木香ㆍ白豆蔲ㆍ御米殼(醋炒)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 空心, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats an enduring dysentery with such exhaustion and weakness that the patient cannot rise from bed. White atractylodes, white peony and tangerine peel, 1 don each; tangkuei, 7 fun; astragalus, ginseng, alisma, amomum and sanguisorba, 5 fun each; cimicifuga, costus root, round cardamom, vinegar-stir-fried poppy husk and roasted licorice, 3 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, and decoct in water on an empty stomach. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Bojung-ikgi-tang rebuilt for the bowel: the astragalus-and-ginseng core with cimicifuga to lift, and sanguisorba, amomum and poppy husk added for the bleeding, the digestion and the frequency. The indication — cannot rise from bed — places it at the end of a long illness, where the question is no longer the dysentery but whether the patient can be got back on their feet. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.