Formulas · Harmonize 和解 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Ginger and Tea Decoction

Gangcha-tang

한글 강차탕 · Pinyin Jiang Cha Tang

薑茶湯

Three sources are stacked here: the Uigam for the formula, the Jikji for the rationale, and the Bonchogang for the ginger-skin adjustment.

Composition 構成

Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

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Chief 君

old ginger, equal part; the skin left on for a hot dysentery and removed for a cold one
Sechacha Xi Ya Cha
細芽茶 세아차 · Fine Tea Buds

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Deputy 臣

spring tea leaf

Total 0 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Treats dysentery with abdominal pain
Resolves summerheat toxin and the toxin of wine and food

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Epidemic dysentery with pain
Dysentery of either cold or heat

Biomedical correlates

Infectious dysentery
Gastroenteritis

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治痢疾腹痛. 老生薑ㆍ春茶葉等分, 同煎服. 《醫鑑》 ○薑能助陽, 茶能助陰, 況暑毒ㆍ酒食毒皆能解之. 不問赤白ㆍ冷熱ㆍ疫痢腹痛, 通用之. 《直指》 ○熱痢留薑皮, 冷痢去薑皮. 《本草》

Translation

Treats dysentery with abdominal pain. Old fresh ginger and spring tea leaf, equal parts, decocted together. Ginger can assist the yang and tea can assist the yin, and besides, both can resolve summerheat toxin and the toxin of wine and food. Without asking whether it is red or white, cold or hot, or an epidemic dysentery with abdominal pain, it is used for all. For a hot dysentery leave the ginger skin on; for a cold dysentery take the skin off. — Gogeum Uigam 醫鑑 · Jikji 直指 · Bonchogang 本草 (Donguibogam · Daebyeon)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Two ingredients, both in every kitchen, and the Jikji's claim for them is the broadest in the chapter: use it without asking what kind of dysentery it is. The reasoning is that ginger assists the yang and tea the yin, so the pair is self-balancing — the same idea as the raw-and- cooked drink, reached with two ingredients instead of twelve. The Bonchogang's refinement is the kind of detail that marks real use: the ginger skin is cooling, so leave it on for a hot dysentery and peel it for a cold one. Tea's tannins and ginger's antiemetic action make this a genuinely useful household remedy. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.