Supplemented Qi-Boosting Decoction

Gamiikgi-tang

한글 가미익기탕 · Pinyin Jia Wei Yi Qi Tang

加味益氣湯

Composition 構成

Ganghwal Qiang Huo
羌活 강활 · Notopterygium

6 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

4 g
Chief 君
Bangpung Fang Feng
防風 방풍 · Siler

4 g
Deputy 臣
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

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

2.8 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

0.8 g
Assistant 佐

wine-fried
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使
Seungma Sheng Ma
升麻 승마 · Cimicifuga

0.8 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

three slices

Total 34 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 1 ingredient 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

Supplements the qi and releases the exterior
Resolves cold contracted through overwork

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold contracted through physical labour
Exterior pattern in a patient worn out by exertion

Biomedical correlates

Upper respiratory infection from overexertion and exposure

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治勞力感寒證. 羌活一錢半, 人參ㆍ黃芪ㆍ防風ㆍ柴胡各一錢, 白朮ㆍ陳皮ㆍ當歸各七分, 甘草五分, 升麻ㆍ黃栢(酒炒) 各二分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 水煎. 熱甚, 加酒炒黃芩三分. 《回春》

Translation

Treats cold contracted through physical labour. Notopterygium, 1 don 5 fun; ginseng, astragalus, saposhnikovia and bupleurum, 1 don each; atractylodes, tangerine peel and tangkuei, 7 fun each; licorice, 5 fun; cimicifuga and wine-fried phellodendron, 2 fun each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and decoct in water. Where the heat is severe, add 3 fun of wine-fried scutellaria. — Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Han, lower)

Clinical commentary 臨床

勞力感寒 — cold caught while working hard — is a diagnosis the Bogam takes seriously, and it is the same mechanism Li Dongyuan built his school on: exertion opens the surface and empties the middle at once. Gong Tingxian's answer keeps Center-Supplementing Qi-Boosting Decoction almost intact and adds notopterygium at chief dose for the cold that got in. The two fun of wine-fried phellodendron is the detail worth noticing — a tiny dose of a cold, downward drug in a warm upward formula, there to catch the heat that overwork generates in the lower burner. Still a good formula for the labourer who falls ill after a hard, cold day. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.