Supplemented Sink into the Chest Decoction

Gamihamhyung-tang

한글 가미함흉탕 · Pinyin Jia Wei Xian Xiong Tang

加味陷胸湯

Composition 構成

Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

6 g
Chief 君

1 don 5 pun
Jigak Zhi Qiao
枳殼 지각 · Bitter Orange

6 g
Chief 君

1 don 5 pun
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

4 g
Chief 君
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Deputy 臣
Gwaruin Gua Lou Ren
瓜蔞仁 과루인 · Trichosanthes Seed

4 g
Deputy 臣
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

4 g
Deputy 臣
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

10 g
Envoy 使

5 slices

Total 42 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

Treats heat glomus with the chest and diaphragm full and painful

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Heat glomus — chest fullness with pain

Biomedical correlates

Chest tightness
Pleuritic pain

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治熱痞, 胸膈滿痛. 桔梗ㆍ枳殼各一錢五分, 半夏ㆍ黃芩ㆍ黃連ㆍ瓜蔞仁ㆍ麥門冬各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五片, 水煎服. 《醫林》

Translation

Treats heat glomus with the chest and diaphragm full and painful. Platycodon and bitter orange 1 don 5 pun each; pinellia, scutellaria, coptis, trichosanthes seed and ophiopogon 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, add 5 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Uirim 醫林 (Donguibogam · Hyung)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Sohamhyung-tang — coptis, pinellia and trichosanthes — with platycodon and bitter orange laid over it. 1.41 makes the distinction the chapter turns on: glomus is fullness without pain, and chest bind is fullness that hurts to the touch. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.