Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)
Augmented Leaven Pill
Gamigukguk-hwan
한글 가미국국환 · Pinyin Jia Wei Qu Qu Wan
The chuanxiong is written 蕪芎 here and at several other points in this chapter; the two graphs denote the same medicinal.
Composition 構成
- Changchul蒼朮 창출 · Atractylodes Lancea160 g
Chief 君 - Cheongung川芎 천궁 · Cnidium160 g
Chief 君蕪芎
- Hyangbuja香附子 향부자 · Cyperus160 g
Deputy 臣child-urine processed (便香附)
- Singok神麴 신곡 · Medicated Leaven160 g
Deputy 臣stir-fried (炒)
- Chija梔子 치자 · Gardenia160 g
Assistant 佐stir-fried (炒)
- Sansa山楂 산사 · Hawthorn80 g
Assistant 佐flesh only, steamed (山査肉蒸); 2 nyang
- Jinpi陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel60 g
Assistant 佐white pith removed (去白); 1.5 nyang
- Baekchul白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes60 g
Assistant 佐stir-fried (炒)
- Hwanggeum黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria60 g
Assistant 佐stir-fried (炒)
Total 1060 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
- Resolves all depressions
- Opens the chest and diaphragm
- Rouses the appetite
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- The six depressions with chest and diaphragm blockage
- No appetite for food and drink
Biomedical correlates
- Functional dyspepsia with anorexia
- Stress-related appetite loss
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
解諸鬱, 開胸膈, 進飮食. 蒼朮(泔浸薑汁炒)ㆍ蕪芎ㆍ便香附ㆍ神麴(炒)ㆍ梔子(炒) 各四兩, 陳皮(去白)ㆍ白朮(炒)ㆍ黃芩(炒) 各一兩半, 山査肉(蒸) 二兩. 右爲末, 稀糊和丸梧子大. 白湯下五六十丸. 《醫鑑》
Translation
Resolves all depressions, opens the chest and diaphragm, and rouses the appetite. Atractylodes lancea (steeped in rice-washing water and fried in ginger juice), chuanxiong, child-urine-processed cyperus, medicated leaven (stir-fried) and gardenia (stir-fried) 4 nyang each; tangerine peel (white pith removed), white atractylodes (stir-fried) and scutellaria (stir-fried) 1.5 nyang each; hawthorn flesh (steamed) 2 nyang. Powder them, make pills with thin paste the size of a firmiana seed, and take fifty or sixty down with plain hot water. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Jeokchwi)