Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Ward Off Disease and Extend Life Decoction

Gakbyeongyeonsu-tang

한글 각병연수탕 · Pinyin Que Bing Yan Shou Tang

却病延壽湯

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Chief 君
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

2 g
Deputy 臣

5 pun; doubled in autumn and winter
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

2 g
Assistant 佐
Sansa Shan Zha
山楂 산사 · Hawthorn

2 g
Assistant 佐

山査肉, the flesh
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

—
Assistant 佐

added in spring
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

—
Assistant 佐

added in summer
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

—
Assistant 佐

added in summer
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使

3 slices; doubled in autumn and winter
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 29.6 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients 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 scant and short urine in the aged

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

An old person whose urine has grown short and scant

Biomedical correlates

Oliguria in the elderly

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治老人小水短少. 人參ㆍ白朮各一錢, 牛膝ㆍ白芍藥各七分, 陳皮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ山査肉ㆍ當歸ㆍ甘草各五分. 右剉, 薑三片, 煎服, 不拘時. 春加川芎, 夏加黃芩ㆍ麥門冬, 秋冬倍當歸ㆍ生薑. 小水如舊乃止藥. 此老人養生之捷法也. 《入門》

Translation

Treats scant and short urine in the aged. Ginseng and white atractylodes 1 don each; achyranthes and white peony 7 pun each; tangerine peel, white poria, hawthorn flesh, angelica and licorice 5 pun each. Cut up, add 3 slices of ginger, decoct and take at any hour. In spring add chuanxiong; in summer add scutellaria and ophiopogon; in autumn and winter double the angelica and ginger. When the urine is as before, stop the medicine. This is the shortest road to nurturing life for the old. — Uihak Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Buyangno)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sagunja-tang with a little blood supplement and achyranthes to send it down — and the indication is one sign. 2.2.2 says why: in an old person, urine growing scant is the disease advancing, and the formula is given before anything else has gone wrong. The seasonal additions are the Medicine Use chapter's 5.10 applied, and 小水如舊乃止藥, stop when the urine is as before, is the end-point. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.