Formulas · Dispel Wind-Damp 祛風濕 · Dansim (丹心)
Notopterygium and Aconite Decoction
Gangbu-tang
한글 강부탕 · Pinyin Qiang Fu Tang
羌附湯
Composition 構成
- Ganghwal羌活 강활 · Notopterygium6 g
Chief 君 - Buja附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite6 g
Chief 君blast-fried (炮) · toxic
- Baekchul白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes6 g
Deputy 臣 - Saenggang生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger10 g
Envoy 使 - Gamcho甘草 감초 · Licorice6 g
Envoy 使
Total 34 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
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Actions 效能
- Dispels wind damp contending in the limbs
- Relieves pulling pain and swelling
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Wind and damp contending
- with pulling pain of the limbs and body and puffy swelling
Biomedical correlates
- Arthralgia with joint swelling
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治風濕相搏, 肢體掣痛浮腫. 羌活ㆍ附子(炮)ㆍ白朮ㆍ甘草 各一錢半. 右剉, 入薑五, 水煎服. 《丹心》
Translation
Treats wind and damp contending, with pulling pain of the limbs and body and puffy swelling. Notopterygium, aconite (blast-fried), white atractylodes and licorice 1.5 don each. Cut up, add 5 slices of ginger, decoct in water and take. — Dansim 丹心 (Donguibogam · Seup)
Clinical commentary 臨床
掣痛 — pulling pain — is the chapter's term for the pain of wind, as against the fixed heaviness of damp. 3.8.2.1 separates them precisely: the aching of the joints is damp, and the pulling that prevents bending and stretching is wind.
Four medicinals at equal weight with notopterygium for the wind and aconite for the cold.
**Contains aconite. Not suitable for self-administration.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.