Formulas · Release the Exterior 解表 · Seui Deukhyobang (世醫得效方)

Supplemented Three Stubborn Ingredients Decoction

Gamisamyo-tang

한글 가미삼요탕 · Pinyin Jia Wei San Ao Tang

加味三拗湯

A 加味三拗湯 also stands in the chapter's own prose list at 3.8.1; this is the leaf cited there. The base formula, 三拗湯, is ephedra, apricot kernel and licorice, all used unprocessed, which is what 拗 — stubborn, unyielding — refers to.

Composition 構成

Mahwang Ma Huang
麻黃 마황 · Ephedra

8 g
Chief 君
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

6 g
Deputy 臣
Haengin Xing Ren
杏仁 행인 · Apricot Kernel

4.8 g
Deputy 臣
Omija Wu Wei Zi
五味子 오미자 · Schisandra

4.8 g
Assistant 佐
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

4 g
Assistant 佐

as 桂皮
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

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

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Envoy 使

three slices

Total 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

Treats cold panting

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Cold wheeze from wind cold in the lung

Biomedical correlates

Cold-induced bronchospasm

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治寒喘. 麻黃二錢, 陳皮一錢半, 杏仁ㆍ五味子各一錢二分, 桂皮一錢, 甘草五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三煎服. 《得效》

Translation

Treats cold panting. Ephedra, 2 don; tangerine peel, 1 don 5 fun; apricot kernel and schisandra, 1 don 2 fun each; cinnamon bark, 1 don; licorice, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger, and decoct. — Seui Deukhyobang 得效 (Donguibogam · Haesu)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Samyo-tang with cinnamon, tangerine peel and schisandra added. The base is the most stripped-down wheeze formula in the tradition — ephedra, apricot kernel and licorice, all three used unprepared, the ephedra with its joints left on — and the additions here warm it for the patient whose wheeze comes on in the cold. **Ephedra is a sympathomimetic and is contraindicated in hypertension and heart disease.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.