Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Augmented Four Gentlemen Decoction

Gami-sagunja-tang

한글 가미사군자탕 · Pinyin Jia Wei Si Jun Zi Tang

加味四君子湯

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

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Chief 君

as in Sagunja-tang
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

—
Chief 君

as in Sagunja-tang
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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Deputy 臣

as in Sagunja-tang
Yukdugu Rou Dou Kou
肉豆蔻 육두구 · Nutmeg

4 g
Assistant 佐

roasted in dough
Gaja He Zi
訶子 가자 · Chebula

4 g
Assistant 佐

blast-fried
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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Envoy 使

as in Sagunja-tang
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

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Envoy 使

two fruits

Total 8 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 6 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 qi vacuity diarrhoea

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Spleen qi vacuity with a loose unchecked stool

Biomedical correlates

Chronic diarrhoea
Functional bowel disorder

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治氣虛泄瀉. <a href='/formulas/sagunja-tang'>四君子湯</a>加肉豆蔲(煨)ㆍ訶子(炮) 各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 空心, 水煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats qi vacuity diarrhoea. Sagunja-tang with nutmeg roasted in dough and blast-fried chebula, 1 don each, added. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes, and decoct in water on an empty stomach. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The Four Gentlemen with two binders, which is the chapter's minimum intervention for a vacuity diarrhoea: supplement the spleen and hold the stool, nothing else. Where Samryeong-yeonchul-san piles on aromatics, this does the same work with six drugs, and for a patient whose only problem is a weak gut it is the better prescription. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.