Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Chebula Powder for Cold Heart Pain

Gaja-san

한글 가자산 (심비냉통) · Pinyin He Zi San

訶子散

Not the formula registered as gaja-san; the two share a name only.

Composition 構成

Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

8 g
Chief 君

blast-fried (炮), equal parts
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

8 g
Chief 君

blast-fried (炮), equal parts
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

8 g
Deputy 臣

equal parts
Chogwa Cao Guo
草果 초과 · Tsaoko Fruit

8 g
Deputy 臣

equal parts
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

8 g
Deputy 臣

equal parts
Yangang Gao Liang Jiang
良薑 양강 · Lesser Galangal

8 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried (炒), equal parts
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

8 g
Deputy 臣

equal parts
Singok Shen Qu
神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven

8 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried (炒), equal parts
Maega Mai Ya
麥芽 맥아 · Barley Sprout

8 g
Deputy 臣

麥芽, stir-fried (炒), equal parts
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

8 g
Envoy 使

mix-fried (灸), equal parts
Yeom Yan
鹽 염 · Salt

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Envoy 使

a pinch of salt in the decoction

Total 80 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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

Treats cold pain of heart and spleen past bearing — one dose shows its effect

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold pain of heart and spleen

Biomedical correlates

Epigastric pain from cold

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治心脾冷痛不可忍, 一服見效. 訶子(炮)ㆍ厚朴ㆍ乾薑(炮)ㆍ草果ㆍ陳皮ㆍ良薑(炒)ㆍ茯苓ㆍ神麴(炒)ㆍ麥芽(炒)ㆍ甘草(灸) 各等分. 右麤末, 每三錢, 水一盞, 入鹽一捻, 候痛時煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats cold pain of heart and spleen past bearing; one dose shows its effect. Chebula (blast-fried), magnolia bark, dried ginger (blast-fried), tsaoko, tangerine peel, lesser galangal (stir-fried), poria, medicated leaven (stir-fried), barley sprout (stir-fried) and licorice (mix-fried) in equal parts. Grind coarse and take 3 don at a time in a jan of water with a pinch of salt, decocted when the pain comes. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Hyung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

候痛時煎服 — decocted and taken when the pain comes. Several of this chapter's formulas are kept ground and ready for that, which tells you the complaint was understood to come in attacks. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.