Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Donguibogam · Oehyeong (Throat)
Licorice and Platycodon Decoction
Gamgil-tang
한글 감길탕 · Pinyin Gan Jie Tang
甘桔湯
Composition 構成
Total 12 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Benefits the throat and relieves pain
- Disperses lodged toxin from the pharynx
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Sore painful swollen throat
- Throat pain at the start of a cold
- Hoarseness with throat discomfort
Biomedical correlates
- Acute sore throat
- Pharyngitis
- Voice strain with throat pain
Clinical commentary 臨床
The two-herb answer to a sore throat, straight from the Shanghanlun lineage — a base to which the whole throat repertoire (Bakha, Hyeonggae, Ubangja) is added as needed. Proof that a formula can be a strategy rather than a list. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.