Formulas · Tonify Qi 補氣 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Augmented Six Gentlemen Decoction

Gamiyukgunja-tang

한글 가미육군자탕 · Pinyin Jia Wei Liu Jun Zi Tang

加味六君子湯

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Composition 構成

Hyangbuja Xiang Fu
香附子 향부자 · Cyperus

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

4 g
Chief 君
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

2.8 g
Chief 君
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

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

4 g
Deputy 臣
Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Mokhyang Mu Xiang
木香 목향 · Costus Root

2 g
Assistant 佐
Sain Sha Ren
砂仁 사인 · Amomum

2 g
Assistant 佐

縮砂
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

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

6 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使
Jasoyeop Zi Su Ye
紫蘇葉 자소엽 · Perilla Leaf

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Envoy 使

7 leaves of perilla

Total 44 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

Restores the centre after food reversal
Supplements the spleen and moves qi

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Food reversal — sudden collapse with the jaw clenched
unable to speak or recognize people
the limbs not moving
after eating to excess or after anger

Biomedical correlates

Syncope after a heavy meal
Post-prandial hypotension

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

香附子一錢半, 白朮ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ陳皮ㆍ半夏各一錢, 人參七分, 木香ㆍ縮砂各五分, 甘草三分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三棗二, 紫蘇葉七片, 同煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Cyperus 1.5 don; white atractylodes, white poria, tangerine peel and pinellia 1 don each; ginseng 7 pun; costus and amomum 5 pun each; licorice 3 pun. Cut up, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger, 2 jujubes and 7 perilla leaves, and decoct together and take. — Manbyeong Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Naesang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The formula is given after the treatment rather than as it: the section at 1.35 says that in food reversal the patient is first made to vomit with strong ginger-and-salt water, and this decoction is given afterwards to settle the centre. 食厥, food reversal, is sudden collapse after a heavy meal or a fit of anger, with the jaw clenched and the limbs unresponsive. The chapter warns that it looks like wind stroke and must be examined carefully. **Sudden collapse with loss of consciousness is a medical emergency. Inducing vomiting in an unconscious person risks fatal aspiration and must not be attempted.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.