Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uihak Immun (醫學入門)

Augmented Free Wanderer Powder (Women's chapter)

Gamisoyo-san

한글 가미소요산 · Pinyin Jia Wei Xiao Yao San

加味逍遙散

Cut and made into one packet, decocted in water and taken. Distinct from the Augmented Free Wanderer Powder of the Fire chapter, which treats tidal heat at the midnight and noon hours. Note on modern practice: night sweats with weight loss or persistent cough warrant medical evaluation.

Composition 構成

Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4.8 g
Chief 君
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4.8 g
Chief 君
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jigolpi Di Gu Pi
地骨皮 지골피 · Lycium Root Bark

4 g
Deputy 臣
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

2 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gilgyeong Jie Geng
桔梗 길경 · Platycodon

1.2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

Total 37.6 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

Cools the vexing heat of a Blood-vacuous body
Settles the night sweats and the cough that mimics consumption

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Blood vacuity with vexing heat (血虛煩熱)
Tidal heat with night sweats (潮熱盜汗)
Phlegm cough resembling taxation (痰嗽似勞)

Biomedical correlates

Night sweats with fatigue
Low-grade tidal fevers
Chronic dry cough with depletion

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治血虛煩熱, 潮熱盜汗, 痰嗽似勞. 白芍藥ㆍ白朮各一錢二分, 知母ㆍ地骨皮ㆍ當歸各一錢, 白茯苓ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ生地黃各八分, 梔子ㆍ黃柏各五分, 桔梗ㆍ甘草各三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats Blood vacuity with vexing heat, tidal heat with night sweats, and a phlegm cough resembling taxation. White peony and white atractylodes, 1 don 2 fun each; anemarrhena, lycium root bark, and Korean angelica, 1 don each; white poria, ophiopogon, and raw rehmannia, 8 fun each; gardenia and phellodendron, 5 fun each; platycodon and licorice, 3 fun each. Cut the above, make one packet, decoct in water and take. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Buin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Free Wanderer with the bupleurum and mint dropped and the cooling wing built up instead — anemarrhena, lycium bark, phellodendron, and gardenia, all aimed at the heat of an empty rather than a blocked body. The indication's last clause is the one to note: a phlegm cough that *resembles* taxation. The chapter is warning that this presentation can be mistaken for consumption, and that the treatment differs entirely if it is only Blood vacuity. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.