Formulas · Transform Phlegm 化痰 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Augmented Poria Decoction

Gamibokryeong-tang

한글 가미복령탕 · Pinyin Jia Wei Fu Ling Tang

加味茯苓湯

Cut and made into one packet with 3 slices of ginger and one dark plum, decocted together and taken.

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

6 g
Chief 君
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

6 g
Chief 君 prepared
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

4 g
Assistant 佐
Ikjiin Yi Zhi Ren
益智仁 익지인 · Alpinia

4 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

2 g
Envoy 使 1 piece

Total 40 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

Clears the phlegm that has closed the pericardium
Restores a memory that loses the thread of its own affairs

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm confounding the pericardium (痰迷心包)
Forgetfulness that loses hold of one's affairs (健忘失事)
Speech gone foolish and vacant (言語如痴)

Biomedical correlates

Memory complaints with mental dullness
Cognitive fog with phlegm signs
Concentration difficulty in the phlegm-damp constitution

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治痰迷心包, 健忘失事, 言語如痴. 人參ㆍ半夏(製)ㆍ陳皮各一錢半, 白茯苓ㆍ香附子ㆍ益智仁各一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片ㆍ烏梅一箇, 同煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats phlegm confounding the pericardium, forgetfulness that loses hold of one's affairs, and speech gone foolish and vacant. Ginseng, prepared pinellia, and tangerine peel, 1.5 don each; white poria, cyperus, and alpinia, 1 don each; licorice 5 fun. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and one dark plum, decoct together and take. — Deukhyo 得效 (Donguibogam · Sin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two Aged Decoction with ginseng at the head and alpinia added — the plainest of the forgetfulness formulas, and the only one that treats the complaint as phlegm rather than as depletion. The indication is worth reading closely: not merely forgetting, but *losing hold of one's own affairs*, with speech gone vacant. Alpinia is the herb this tradition reaches for when memory fails on a damp, heavy ground rather than a dry, spent one. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.