Formulas · Stop Cough & Wheeze 止咳平喘 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Modified Three Contrary Ingredients Decoction

Gagamsamyo-tang

한글 가감삼요탕 · Pinyin Jia Jian San Ao Tang

加減三拗湯

Composition 構成

Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

8 g
Chief 君
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

6 g
Deputy 臣
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

6 g
Deputy 臣
Soja Zi Su Zi
蘇子 자소자 · Perilla Seed

2.4 g
Assistant 佐
Jeonho Qian Hu
前胡 전호 · Peucedanum

2.4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

three slices

Total 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 wind panting with cough

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Wind in the lung with panting and cough

Biomedical correlates

Asthma provoked by cold air

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治風喘嗽. 麻黃二錢, 杏仁ㆍ桑白皮各一錢半, 甘草一錢, 蘇子ㆍ前胡各六分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats wind panting with cough. Ephedra, 2 don; apricot kernel and mulberry root bark, 1 don 5 fun each; licorice, 1 don; perilla seed and peucedanum, 6 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, and decoct in water. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Samyo-tang turned toward the wheeze rather than the cough: the ephedra is raised to 2 don, mulberry root bark is added to bring the lung qi down, and perilla seed and peucedanum are put in to carry the phlegm with it. Ephedra at this weight is a bronchodilator in all but name, and the formula is the chapter's standard for a wheeze brought on by cold air. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.