Supplemented Ginseng and Aster Powder

Gamiinsamjawan-san

한글 가미인삼자완산 · Pinyin Jia Wei Ren Shen Zi Wan San

加味人參紫菀散

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Chief 君
Jawan Zi Wan
紫菀 자완 · Aster Root

4 g
Chief 君

the fine shoots (茸)
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

4 g
Deputy 臣
Paemo Bei Mu
貝母 패모 · Fritillaria

4 g
Deputy 臣
Sangbaekpi Sang Bai Pi
桑白皮 상백피 · Mulberry Root Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣
Agyo E Jiao
阿膠 아교 · Donkey-hide Gelatin

2 g
Deputy 臣

as beads (珠), stir-roasted
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

4 g
Assistant 佐
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

4 g
Assistant 佐

added
Banhaguk Ban Xia Qu
半夏麴 반하국 · Fermented Pinellia

4 g
Assistant 佐

added
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

3 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

—
Envoy 使

five slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two fruits
Omae Wu Mei
烏梅 오매 · Mume Plum

—
Envoy 使

one fruit

Total g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 3 ingredients 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

Treats cough of vacuity taxation

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Taxation cough with qi vacuity and phlegm

Biomedical correlates

Chronic cough in a debilitated patient

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治虛勞咳嗽. 人參ㆍ五味子ㆍ紫菀茸ㆍ陳皮ㆍ紫蘇葉ㆍ貝母ㆍ桑白皮ㆍ白茯苓各一錢, 杏仁ㆍ甘草各七分半, 加川芎ㆍ半夏麯各一錢, 阿膠珠五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑五ㆍ棗二ㆍ梅一, 水煎服. 《直指》

Translation

Treats cough of vacuity taxation. Ginseng, schisandra, the fine shoots of aster, tangerine peel, perilla leaf, fritillaria, mulberry root bark and white poria, 1 don each; apricot kernel and licorice, 7 fun 5 ri each; with chuanxiong and pinellia leaven, 1 don each, added; ass-hide glue beads, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add five slices of ginger, two jujubes and one smoked plum, and decoct in water. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Aster with ginseng is the base pair for a taxation cough, and the additions are all for the sputum: fritillaria and mulberry root bark to cool and thin it, pinellia leaven and tangerine peel to dry it, ass-hide glue for the blood in it. The smoked plum and schisandra are the astringent pair that closes the formula — the chapter's recurring move for a cough that has gone on so long the lung is leaking rather than fighting. **Pinellia leaven is made from pinellia, which is toxic in the raw state; the leaven is a processed form, and unprocessed pinellia must not be used.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.