Formulas · Tonify Qi & Blood 氣血雙補 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Modified Supplement the Heart Decoction

Gagambosim-tang

한글 가감보심탕 · Pinyin Jia Jian Bu Xin Tang

加減補心湯

Composition 構成

Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

20 g
Chief 君
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

20 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

12 g
Chief 君
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

20 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjagyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

20 g
Deputy 臣
Wonji Yuan Zhi
遠志 원지 · Polygala

20 g
Deputy 臣

processed
Maengmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

20 g
Deputy 臣
Sanjoin Suan Zao Ren
酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed

20 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

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

20 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

20 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried in wine
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

20 g
Assistant 佐

stir-fried in wine
Seokchangpo Shi Chang Pu
石菖蒲 석창포 · Acorus

12 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

12 g
Envoy 使

Total 248 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

Supplements qi and blood together
Enriches yin and brings down vacuity fire
Opens the orifices and sharpens recall

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Forgetfulness from vacuity of every kind
Poor recall with heat in the palms and soles
Forgetfulness with a dry mouth and poor sleep

Biomedical correlates

Cognitive impairment with debility
Memory complaints in chronic illness
Insomnia with poor concentration

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治諸虛健忘. 陳皮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ當歸ㆍ白芍藥ㆍ生地黃ㆍ遠志(製)ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ酸棗仁(炒)ㆍ黃栢ㆍ知母(並酒炒) 各五錢, 人參ㆍ白朮ㆍ石菖蒲ㆍ甘草各三錢. 右剉分二貼, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats forgetfulness from vacuity of every kind. Tangerine peel, white poria, angelica, white peony, raw rehmannia, polygala (processed), ophiopogon, spiny jujube seed (stir-fried), phellodendron and anemarrhena (both stir-fried in wine), 5 don each; ginseng, white atractylodes, acorus and licorice, 3 don each. Cut up, divide into two packets, and decoct in water. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Sin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Fourteen medicinals and no mineral — the usable formula of the forgetfulness group. 四物湯 and 四君子湯 are both inside it, with 遠志ㆍ酸棗仁ㆍ石菖蒲 for the spirit and wine-fried 黃栢ㆍ知母 for the vacuity heat. 諸虛, vacuity of every kind, is a wide indication, and the composition answers it by covering qi, blood and yin at once rather than choosing. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.