Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)
Adjusted Minor Bupleurum Decoction
Gagamsosiho-tang
한글 가감소시호탕 · Pinyin Jia Jian Xiao Chai Hu Tang
加減小柴胡湯
The base is Sosiho-tang, with cyperus, coptis, and hogfennel added, decocted in water.
Composition 構成
- Siho柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum12 g
Chief 君 - Hwanggeum黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria8 g
Deputy 臣 - Insam人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng4 g
Deputy 臣 - Banha半夏 반하 · Pinellia4 g
Assistant 佐 - Hyangbuja香附子 향부자 · Cyperus4 g
Assistant 佐 - Hwangryeon黃連 황련 · Coptis4 g
Assistant 佐 - Jeonho前胡 전호 · Peucedanum4 g
Assistant 佐 - Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice4 g
Envoy 使 - Daejo大棗 대조 · Jujube4 g
Envoy 使 2 pieces
Total 54 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
- Courses the constrained heat of palms and soles that cannot be borne
- Adds a mover a cooler and a downer to the classic frame
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Heat of the palms and soles past bearing (手足心熱 不可當)
- Constraint heat with Qi stagnation
- The Minor Bupleurum route to the five-heart complaint
Biomedical correlates
- Unbearable burning of palms and soles
- Stress-associated heat sensations
- Constraint-pattern heat
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治手足心熱, 不可當. 小柴胡湯本方, 加香附ㆍ黃連ㆍ前胡, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》
Translation
Treats heat of the palms and soles past bearing. To the base formula of Sosiho-tang, add cyperus, coptis, and hogfennel; decoct in water and take. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Hwa)
Clinical commentary 臨床
The five-heart complaint routed through the great mediating formula — bupleurum's hinge opened wide, then cyperus for the constraint beneath it and coptis for the heat above. For the burning palms of the tightly wound rather than the deeply drained. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.