Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Donguibogam · Guseol

Modified Drain the White Powder

Gagamsabaek-san

한글 가감사백산 · Pinyin Jia Jian Xie Bai San

加減瀉白散

Composition 構成

Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

8 g
Chief 君

2 don
Jigolpi Di Gu Pi
地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark

4 g
Chief 君
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

6 g
Deputy 臣

1 don 5 pun
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

2.8 g
Deputy 臣

7 pun
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

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Assistant 佐

15 grains
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸)

Total 28.8 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats lung heat with a fishy smell in the throat

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lung heat — a fishy or rank taste and smell

Biomedical correlates

Dysgeusia
Halitosis of respiratory origin

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治肺熱喉腥. 桑白皮二錢, 桔梗一錢半, 地骨皮ㆍ甘草(灸) 各一錢, 黃芩ㆍ麥門冬各五分, 五味子十五粒, 知母七分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服, 日二. 忌酒麪辛熱之物.

Translation

Treats lung heat with a fishy smell in the throat. Mulberry root bark 2 don; platycodon 1 don 5 pun; lycium root bark and licorice (mix-fried) 1 don each; scutellaria and ophiopogon 5 pun each; schisandra 15 grains; anemarrhena 7 pun. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and take twice a day; avoid wine, wheat food and acrid hot things. — Donguibogam · Guseol

Clinical commentary 臨床

喉腥 — a rank, fishy smell in the throat, which 3.10 assigns to the lung because the lung's smell is rank. It is a real complaint and usually comes from the airway rather than the mouth. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.